''Zenepos'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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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 Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zenepos'' include:
* † ''
Zenepos lacunosa
''Zenepos'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zenepos'' include:
* † '' Zenepos lacunosa'' (Hutton, 1885)
* '' Zenepos totolirata'' (Suter, 1908)
* ''Zenepos ...
''
(Hutton, 1885)
* ''
Zenepos totolirata
''Zenepos totolirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter is 1.4 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell is narrowly fusifor ...
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(Suter, 1908)
* ''
Zenepos ziervogelii''
(Gmelin, 1791)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Zenepos mimica''
(Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of ''
Nepotilla mimica
''Nepotilla mimica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
;Variety: ''Nepotilla mimica fusca'' (Sowerby III, 1896) : a dark brown variety.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its dia ...
''
(Sowerby III, 1897)
* ''Zenepos minuta''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877): synonym of ''
Nepotilla minuta
''Nepotilla minuta'', common name the minute turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
''Daphnella minuta'' Verco, 1909 is a synonym of ''Nepotilla mimica'' (Sowerby III, 1896), according to Hed ...
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(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
References
* Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232-286 page(s): 250
* Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
*
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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