''Enigmaticolus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Eosiphonidae
The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Eosiphonidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through ...
, the true whelks and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Enigmaticolus'' include:
* ''
Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi'' '
(Okutani & Ohta, 1993)
* ''
Enigmaticolus marshalli''
Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
* ''
Enigmaticolus nipponensis'' '
(Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
* ''
Enigmaticolus voluptarius''
Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
;Synonyms:
* ''Enigmaticolus auzendei''
(A. Warén & P. Bouchet, 2001): synonym of ''
Thermosipho auzendei''
(A. Warén & P. Bouchet, 2001)
* ''Enigmaticolus inflatus''
S.-Q. Zhang, S.-P. Zhang & H. Chen, 2020: synonym of ''Enigmaticolus nipponensis''
(Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
* ''Enigmaticolus monnieri'' Fraussen, 2008:
synonym of ''Enigmaticolus nipponensis''
(Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
References
* Fraussen K. 2008. Enigmaticolus, a new genus of deep water buccinids (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of a new species from Madagascar. Gloria Maris, 46(4-5): 74-82
* Fraussen, K.; Stahlschmidt, P. (2016). The extensive Indo-Pacific deep-water radiation of Manaria E.A. Smith, 1906 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) and related genera, with descriptions of 21 new species. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 363-456.
External links
Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Fraussen K., Fedosov A.E. & Bouchet P. (2013) Deep-water Buccinidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from sunken wood, vents and seeps: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(8): 2177-2195
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Eosiphonidae
Monotypic gastropod genera