''Cylindriscala'' is a

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Epitoniidae Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Epitoniidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollu ...

, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137941 on 2020-10-04

Species

According to the

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, the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Cylindriscala'' : * '' Cylindriscala acus'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) * '' Cylindriscala aequatorialis'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Cylindriscala andrewsii'' (A. E. Verrill, 1882) * '' Cylindriscala aurantia'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * '' Cylindriscala distincta'' (E. A. Smith, 1891) * '' Cylindriscala elata'' (Suter, 1917) † * '' Cylindriscala enamelis'' (Nakayama, 1995) * ''

Cylindriscala guernei ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897) * '' Cylindriscala humerosa'' (Schepman, 1909) * '' Cylindriscala jeffreysi'' (Tryon, 1887) * '' Cylindriscala kaiparaensis'' (Laws, 1944) † * ''

Cylindriscala lawsi ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' P. A. Maxwell, 1992 † * ''

Cylindriscala lirulata ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''

Cylindriscala mirifica ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (P. Fischer in Filhol, 1886) * ''

Cylindriscala nitida ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (Kuroda & Ito, 1961) * ''

Cylindriscala orientalis ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''

Cylindriscala paradoxa ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' Garcia, 2003 * ''

Cylindriscala rosenbergi ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' Garcia, 2005 * ''

Cylindriscala sibogae ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Schepman, 1909) * ''

Cylindriscala solar ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Nakayama, 1995) * ''

Cylindriscala suteri ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' P. A. Maxwell, 1992 † * ''

Cylindriscala thalassae ''Cylindriscala'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylindriscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 * '' Cylindriscala tortilis'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) * '' Cylindriscala turrita'' (Nakayama, 1995) * '' Cylindriscala vicina'' (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cylindriscala fulgens'' (de Boury, 1909) : synonym of ''Cylindriscala acus'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) * ''Cylindriscala funiculata'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) : synonym of '' Punctiscala watsoni'' (de Boury, 1911) * ''Cylindriscala grimaldii'' (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897) : synonym of ''Cylindriscala jeffreysi'' (Tryon, 1887) * ''Cylindriscala solidula'' (Monterosato, 1875) : synonym of ''Cylindriscala acus'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) * ''Cylindriscala watsoni'' (de Boury, 1911) : synonym of '' Punctiscala watsoni'' (de Boury, 1911)

References

* Kuroda, T. & Itô, K. (1961) Molluscan shells from southern Kii. Venus, 21, 243–267, 2 pls. * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213. * Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

External links

Boury E. (de) (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie, 57: 255-258

Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls

Lima, S.F.B. & Christoffersen M.T. (2012) Checklist of Recent Cylindriscala (Caenogastropoda: Epitoniidae) of the world. Check List 8(4): 740–743

Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188

Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
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