''Cirsonella'' is a

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Skeneidae The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...

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Description

(Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The

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is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened.G. Angas, Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1877
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Species

Species within the genus ''Cirsonella'' include: * † ''

Cirsonella aedicula ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' Laws, 1936 * ''

Cirsonella africana ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' (Bartsch, 1915) * † ''

Cirsonella amplector ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' Laws, 1944 * '' Cirsonella ateles'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) * '' Cirsonella carinata'' (Hedley, 1903) * † ''

Cirsonella congrua ''Cirsonella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails& ...

'' (Laws, 1941) * '' Cirsonella consobrina''

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, 1930 * '' Cirsonella cubitalis'' (Hedley, 1907) * '' Cirsonella densilirata''

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, 1908 * '' Cirsonella extrema'' Thiele, 1912 * '' Cirsonella floridensis'' (Dall, 1927) * † '' Cirsonella funata'' Lozouet, 1998 * '' Cirsonella gaudryi'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896) * ''

Cirsonella georgiana ''Cirsonella georgiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Cirsonella georgiana'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

'' (Dall, 1927) * '' Cirsonella globosa'' (Pelseneer, 1903) * '' Cirsonella kerguelenensis'' Thiele, 1912 * '' Cirsonella lata'' (Laseron, 1954) * '' Cirsonella laxa''

, 1937 * '' Cirsonella maoria''

, 1937 * '' Cirsonella margaritiformis'' (Dall, 1927) * '' Cirsonella microscopia'' (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910) * '' Cirsonella ovata'' Hedley, 1899 * '' Cirsonella paradoxa''

, 1937 * '' Cirsonella parvula''

, 1926 * '' Cirsonella pisiformis''

, 1937 * † '' Cirsonella proava'' (Marwick, 1931) * '' Cirsonella propelaxa''

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, 1956 * '' Cirsonella reflecta'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Cirsonella romettensis'' (Granata-Grillo, 1877) * '' Cirsonella variecostata''

, 1940 * '' Cirsonella waikukuensis''

, 1937 * † '' Cirsonella waimamakuica'' Laws, 1948 * '' Cirsonella weldii'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * † '' Cirsonella zeornata'' Laws, 1948 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cirsonella accelerans'' C. A. Fleming, 1948: synonym of '' Cirsonella variecostata'' Powell, 1940 * ''Cirsonella australis'' Angas, 1877: synonym of ''Cirsonella weldii'' (Tenison-Woods, 1877) * ''Cirsonella granum'' Murdoch and Suter, 1906: synonym of ''

Lissotesta granum ''Lissotesta granum'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lissotesta granum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

'' (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) * ''Cirsonella kerguelenensis'' ic synonym of '' Cirsonella kerguelensis'' Thiele, 1912 * '' Cirsonella naticoides'' (Hedley, 1907): synonym of '' Cirsonella weldii'' (Tenison Woods, 1877) * ''Cirsonella neozelanica'' Murdoch, 1899: synonym of '' Suterilla neozelanica'' (Murdoch, 1899) * ''Cirsonella perplexa'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Cirsonella reflecta'' Laseron, 1954 * ''Cirsonella simplex''

, 1937: synonym of '' Acremodontina simplex'' (Powell, 1937) * ''Cirsonella translucida'' May, 1915: synonym of '' Acremodontina translucida'' (May, 1915)

References

* Angas, 1877 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1877: 38 * Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109 * Lozouet, P., 1998. ''Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France).'' Cossmanniana 5(3-4): 61-102 * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 * Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

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