''Circlotoma'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Tornidae
Tornidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884). Acc ...
within the superfamily
Truncatelloidea
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.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Circlotoma'' Laseron, 1958. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Species
Species within the genus ''Circlotoma'' include:
* ''
Circlotoma bellatula
''Circlotoma bellatula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tornidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Circlotoma bellatula'' Feng, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species
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''
Feng, 1996
* ''
Circlotoma callusa''
Laseron, 1958
* ''
Circlotoma planorbis''
Laseron, 1958
* ''
Circlotoma rotata''
Laseron, 1958
* ''
Circlotoma transculpta''
Laseron, 1958
* ''
Circlotoma venusta
''Circlotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae within the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Circlotoma'' Laseron, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species
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''
(Hedley, 1901)
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Tornidae
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