''Cochliolepis'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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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 ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196981 on 2014-12-10]
Taxonomy
Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold ''Discopsis'' as a valid genus, distinct from ''Cochliolepis''
Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family
Vitrinellidae and the former in
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 ...
. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in ''Cochliolepis''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cochliolepis'' include:
* ''
Cochliolepis adamsii'' (
P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''
Cochliolepis albiceratus''
Ponder, 1966
* ''
Cochliolepis catherinae''
Barnard, 1963
* † ''
Cochliolepis differens''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011
* ''
Cochliolepis holmesii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Cochliolepis militaris''
(Jousseaume, 1872)
* ''
Cochliolepis nautiliformis''
(Holmes, 1859)
* ''
Cochliolepis parasitica''
Stimpson, 1858
* ''
Cochliolepis patricioi''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011
* ''
Cochliolepis planispiralis''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Cochliolepis planulata''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* ''
Cochliolepis striata''
Dall, 1889
* ''
Cochliolepis surinamensis''
Van Regteren Altena, 1966
* ''
Cochliolepis tugelae''
Barnard, 1963
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cochliolepis albicerata''
Ponder, 1966 : synonym of ''Cochliolepis albiceratus''
Ponder, 1966
* ''Cochliolepis antarctica''
Numanami, 1996: synonym of ''
Zerotula antarctica''
(Numanami, 1996)
* ''Cochliolepis costulatus''
(de Folin, 1870): synonym of ''
Discopsis costulatus''
de Folin, 1870
* ''Cochliolepis dautzenbergi''
Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of ''
Discopsis dautzenbergi''
(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
* ''Cochliolepis gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1912): synonym of ''
Discopsis gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1912
* ''Cochliolepis jullieni''
Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of ''
Discopsis jullieni''
(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
* ''Cochliolepis radians''
Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of ''
Discopsis radians''
(Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
* ''Cochliolepis reductus''
Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of ''
Discopsis reductus''
(Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
References
* Stimpson W. (1858). ''A new form of parasitic gasteropodous Mollusca, called Cochliolepis parasiticus''. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6: 307-309
* Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). ''The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas.'' Iberus. 29(2), 1-230
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Tornidae
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