''Cyclostoma'' is an obsolete
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
name of
operculate
The operculum (; ) is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails; the structure is found in some marine and ...
snails
A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastrop ...
with circular aperture.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519378 on 2014-11-25]
This genus has become a synonym of ''
Epitonium
''Epitonium'' is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. ''Epitonium'' is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Epitonium Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Ro ...
''
Röding, 1798
Species brought into synonymy
* ''Cyclostoma scalare''
(Linnaeus, 1758) (
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
): synonym of ''Turbo scalaris''
Linnaeus, 1758 (original name), synonym of ''
Epitonium scalare
''Epitonium scalare'', common name the precious wentletrap, is a predatory or ectoparasitic species of marine gastropod with an operculum, in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.Rosenberg, G. (2010). Epitonium scalare (Linnaeus, 1758). I ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Cyclostoma elegans''
(O.F. Müller 1774): synonym of ''Nerita elegans''
O.F. Müller 1774 (original name), synonym of ''
Pomatias elegans
''Pomatias elegans'', common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.
This spe ...
''
(O.F. Müller 1774)
* ''Cyclostoma acutum''
Draparnaud, 1805: synonym of ''Hydrobia acuta acuta''
(Draparnaud, 1805)
* ''Cyclostoma breve''
Draparnaud, 1805: synonym of ''
Avenionia brevis''
(Draparnaud, 1805)
* ''Cyclostoma cincinnatiensis''
I. Lea, 1840: synonym of ''
Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis
''Pomatiopsis'' is a genus of amphibious snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
''Pomatiopsis'' is the type genus of the family Pomatiopsidae.
Distribution
The distribution of th ...
''
(I. Lea, 1840)
* ''Cyclostoma concinnum''
Scacchi, 1836: synonym of ''
Truncatella subcylindrica
''Truncatella subcylindrica'' is a species of small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea. It has gills and an operculum and is gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trunc ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Cyclostoma costulatum''
Rossmässler, 1837: synonym of ''
Pomatias rivularis''
(Eichwald, 1829)
* ''Cyclostoma delicatum''
Philippi, 1844: synonym of ''
Torellia delicata
''Torellia delicata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Capulidae, the cap snails.
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded gastropod shell, shell length is 17 mm.Welch J. ...
''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''Cyclostoma gibbum''
Draparnaud, 1805: synonym of † ''
Belgrandia gibba''
(Draparnaud, 1805)
* ''Cyclostoma lapidaria''
Say, 1817: synonym of ''
Pomatiopsis lapidaria
''Pomatiopsis lapidaria'' is an amphibious species of snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
''Pomatiopsis lapidaria'' is the type species of the genus ''Pomatiopsis''.
Distribution
The distributio ...
''
(Say, 1817)
* ''Cyclostoma marginatum''
Say, 1821: synonym of ''
Pupoides albilabris''
(C. B. Adams, 1841)
* † ''Cyclostoma rubeschi''
Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849 : synonym of † ''
Staadtiellopsis rubeschi''
(Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
* ''Cyclostoma subdisjuncta''
H. Adams, 1868: synonym of ''
Tubiola subdisjuncta''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''Cyclostoma truncatulum''
Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of ''
Truncatella subcylindrica
''Truncatella subcylindrica'' is a species of small land snail that lives at the edge of the sea. It has gills and an operculum and is gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Truncatellidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trunc ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
References
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5199023
Obsolete animal taxa