''Tosapusia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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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 ...
mollusks, in the
family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family ...
, the ribbed miters.
[MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596814 on 2018-12-31]
Species
Species within the genus ''Tosapusia'' include:
* ''
Tosapusia bismarckeana''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Tosapusia duplex''
(Cernohorsky, 1982)
* ''
Tosapusia evelyniana''
(Huang, 2017)
* ''
Tosapusia isaoi''
(Kuroda & Sakurai, 1959)
* † ''
Tosapusia kalimnanensis''
(Cernohorsky, 1970)
* ''
Tosapusia kurodai''
(Sakurai & Habe, 1964)
* ''
Tosapusia longirostris
''Tosapusia longirostris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, mari ...
''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Tosapusia myurella''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* † ''
Tosapusia neudorfensis''
(Schaffer, 1898)
* † ''
Tosapusia pseudocupressina
''Tosapusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks, in the family (biology), family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Bałuk, 1997)
* ''
Tosapusia sauternesensis
''Tosapusia sauternesensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia sauternesensis'' (Guillot de Suduiraut, 1997). Accessed through: World Register o ...
''
(Guillot de Suduiraut, 1997)
* ''
Tosapusia turriformis
''Tosapusia turriformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marin ...
''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
* ''
Tosapusia vitiaz
''Tosapusia vitiaz'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia vitiaz'' Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
;Synonyms:
* ''
Tosapusia evelynae
''Tosapusia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Tosapusia'' Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.o ...
''
(Guillot de Suduiraut, 2007): synonym of ''
Tosapusia evelyniana''
(S.-I. Huang, 2017)
Habitat and Distribution
As presented in-text in the study of Fedosov et al. (2017):
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Indo-Pacific
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, from
Madagascar to
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and
French Polynesia
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, in deep water (300–1000 m) on soft bottoms".
References
* Azuma, M. (1965). On the radulae of the family Vexillidae. Venus. 24(1): 53-57.
* Huang S.-I
hih-I (2015). New Costellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Taiwan and the North Atlantic Ocean. Visaya. 4(4): 43-53.
Costellariidae
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