''Cirsostrema'' is a
genus
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of very small deepwater
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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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 Mollusc ...
, commonly known as the
wentletraps.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Cirsotrema Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137938 on 2010-12-29]
The type species of the family is ''Scalaria varicosa''
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1822.
Species
* ''
Cirsotrema amamiense''
Nakayama, 2000
* ''
Cirsotrema amplsum''
Nakayama, 2000
* † ''
Cirsotrema angulatum''
Marwick, 1926
* ''
Cirsotrema benettorum''
Garcia, 2000
* ''
Cirsotrema bonum''
J.C. Melvill, 1906
* ''
Cirsotrema browni''
Poppe, 2008
* † ''
Cirsotrema caelicola''
Finlay, 1926
* ''
Cirsotrema canephorum''
J.C. Melvill, 1906
* † ''
Cirsotrema chathamense''
Marwick, 1928
* ''
Cirsotrema cloveri''
Brown, 2002
* † ''
Cirsotrema coronale''
(Deshayes, 1861)
* ''
Cirsotrema cribaria''
A. Adams, 1861 (species inquerenda)
* ''
Cirsotrema ctenodentatum''
Zelaya & Güller, 2017
* ''
Cirsotrema dalli''
Rehder, 1945
* ''
Cirsotrema edgari''
(DeBoury, 1912)
* † ''
Cirsotrema elegantissimum''
(Deshayes, 1861)
* ''
Cirsotrema ernestoilaoi''
Garcia E., 2001
* ''
Cirsotrema excelsum''
Garcia, 2003
* ''
Cirsotrema fimbriatulum''
P. Masahito, T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
* ''
Cirsotrema fimbriolatum''
(Melvill, 1897)
* † ''
Cirsotrema firmatum''
Laws, 1939
* ''
Cirsotrema fregata''
( Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Cirsotrema fusticulus''
(Monterosato, 1875)
* † ''
Cirsotrema gagei''
P. A. Maxwell, 1978
* ''
Cirsotrema georgeanum''
Zelaya & Güller, 2017
* ''
Cirsotrema goodalliana''
* ''
Cirsotrema herosae''
Garcia, 2003
* ''
Cirsotrema hertzae''
Garcia, 2010
* ''
Cirsotrema intextum''
Bozzetti, 2007
* ''
Cirsotrema kamiyanum''
T. Kuroda, 1946
* ''
Cirsotrema krousma''
R.N. Kilburn, 1985
* † ''
Cirsotrema kuriense''
Marwick, 1942
* † ''
Cirsotrema lyratum''
(Zittel, 1865)
* ''
Cirsotrema magellanicum''
(Philippi, 1845)
* †''
Cirsotrema marshalli''
Laws, 1935
* ''
Cirsotrema martyr''
( Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Cirsotrema matugisiense''
(Ozaki, 1958)
* ''
Cirsotrema mituokai''
(Ozaki, 1958)
* ''
Cirsotrema montrouzieri''
S. M. Souverbie, 1872
* † ''
Cirsotrema parvulum''
Marwick, 1928
* ''
Cirsotrema pilsbryi''
McGinty, 1940
* † ''
Cirsotrema pleiophylla''
(Tate, 1890)
* ''
Cirsotrema plexis''
Dall, 1925
* † ''
Cirsotrema propelyratum''
Marwick, 1928
* ''
Cirsotrema pumiceum''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''
Cirsotrema rariforme''
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1822
* ''
Cirsotrema richeri''
Garcia, 2003
* ''
Cirsotrema rugosum''
(T. Kuroda & K. Ito, 1961)
* ''
Cirsotrema skoglundae''
Garcia, 2010
* ''
Cirsotrema strebeli''
Zelaya & Güller, 2017
* ''
Cirsotrema texta''
E. A. Smith, 1903
* ''
Cirsotrema togatum''
( L. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
* ''
Cirsotrema trabeculatum''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''
Cirsotrema translucida''
(Gatliff, 1906)
* ''
Cirsotrema turbonilla''
A. Adams, 1861
* ''
Cirsotrema turriculoides''
Yokoyama, 1920
* ''
Cirsotrema validum''
(Verco, 1906)
* ''
Cirsotrema varicosum''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1822)
* ''
Cirsotrema vulpinum''
(R. B. Hinds, 1844)
* † ''
Cirsotrema youngi''
Marwick, 1928
* ''
Cirsotrema zelebori''
(Dunker, 1866)
* † ''
Cirsotrema zitteli''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* ''
Cirsotrema zografakisi''
Poppe, Tagaro & Brown, 2006
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cirsotrema abbreviatum'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of ''Cirsotrema varicosum'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Cirsotrema arcella'' Rehder, 1945: synonym of ''Cirsotrema dalli'' Rehder, 1945
* ''Cirsotrema attenuata'' Pease, 1860: synonym of ''
Opalia bicarinata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* ''Cirsotrema attenuatum'' Pease, 1860: synonym of ''
Opalia attenuata''
(Pease, 1860)
* ''Cirsotrema bavayi''
DeBoury, 1913 : synonym of ''
Cirsotrema varicosum''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Cirsotrema benettorum''
ic synonym of ''Cirsotrema bennettorum''
Garcia, 2000
* ''Cirsotrema cochlea''
(Sowerby G.B. II,1844): synonym of ''Cirsotrema pumiceum''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Cirsotrema crassilabrum'' (G. B. Sowerby, 1844): synonym of ''
Opalia crassilabrum''
(Sowerby, 1844)
* ''Cirsotrema douvillei''
Fenoux, 1937: synonym of ''
Epitonium magellanicum''
(Philippi, 1845)
* ''Cirsotrema eximia''
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of ''
Epitonium eximium''
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''Cirsotrema fimbriata''
Kuroda & Habe, 1954: synonym of ''Cirsotrema fimbriatulum''
(Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
* ''Cirsotrema forresti''
Dell
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, 1956 : synonym of ''
Cirsotrema zelebori''
(Dunker, 1866)
* ''Cirsotrema fragilis'' (Hanley, 1840), sensu Azuma, 1960: synonym of ''
Epitonium tosaense''
(Azuma, 1962)
* ''Cirsotrema funiculata''
Carpenter, 1857: synonym of ''
Opalia funiculata''
(Carpenter, 1857)
* ''Cirsotrema greenlandicum''
(Perry, 1811): synonym of ''
Boreoscala greenlandica''
(Perry, 1811)
* ''Cirsotrema hidryma''
J. C. Melvill, 1899 : synonym of ''
Opalia hidryma''
(Melvill, 1899)
* ''Cirsotrema invalida''
Verco, 1906 : synonym of ''
Plastiscala invalida''
(Verco, 1906)
* ''Cirsotrema jolyi''
(Monterosato, 1878): synonym of ''
Epitonium jolyi'' (Monterosato, 1878)
* ''Cirsotrema joubini''
(de Boury, 1913): synonym of ''Cirsotrema varicosum'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Cirsotrema kagayai''
T. Habe & Ito, 1965: synonym of ''
Cirsotrema mituokai''
(Ozaki, 1958)
* ''Cirsotrema kelea'' Iredale, 1930: synonym of ''
Variciscala raricostata
''Variciscala'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P. (2014). Variciscala de Boury, 1909. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Cirsotrema kieneri''
C. E. Tapparone-Canefri, 1876: synonym of ''
Amaea arabica''
(Nyst, 1871)
* ''Cirsotrema kuroharai'' Kuroda in Azuma, 1960: synonym of ''
Claviscala kuroharai'' Kuroda in Azuma, 1960
* ''Cirsotrema magellanica'' (Philippi, 1845): synonym of ''
Epitonium magellanicum'' (Philippi, 1845)
* ''Cirsotrema mammosa'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of ''
Opalia mammosa'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* ''Cirsotrema montereyensis'' (Dall, 1907): synonym of ''
Opalia montereyensis'' (Dall, 1907)
* ''Cirsotrema morchi''
G. F. Angas, 1871 : synonym of ''
Plastiscala morchi'' (Angas, 1871)
** ''Cirsotrema morchi profundior''
Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''Plastiscala morchi profundior'' Iredale, 1936
* ''Cirsotrema multiperforatum''
Sowerby, 1874 : synonym of ''
Cirsotrema varicosum'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Cirsotrema obtusicostata'' (G.O. Sars, 1878): synonym of ''
Acirsa coarctata'' (Jeffreys, 1884)
* ''Cirsotrema pallaryi'' de Boury, 1912: synonym of ''Cirsotrema cochlea'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* ''Cirsotrema peltei''
(Viader, 1938): synonym of ''
Rectacirsa peltei''
(Viader, 1938)
* ''Cirsotrema pentidesmium'' S. S. Berry, 1963: synonym of ''Cirsotrema vulpinum'' (Hinds, 1844)
* ''Cirsotrema perplexa''
W. H. Pease, 1860 : synonym of ''
Gyroscala lamellosa'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Cirsotrema pumicea'' (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of ''Cirsotrema cochlea'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
* ''Cirsotrema reevei'' Clessin, 1897: synonym of ''Boreoscala zelebori'' (Dunker, 1866): synonym of ''Cirsotrema zelebori'' (Dunker, 1866)
* ''Cirsotrema soror''
Odhner, 1919: synonym of ''
Opalia soror''
(Odhner, 1919)
* ''Cirsotrema suturalis''
R. B. Hinds, 1844 : synonym of ''
Plastiscala suturalis'' (Hinds, 1843)
* ''Cirsotrema undulata''
Sowerby, 1844 : synonym of ''
Acirsa borealis'' (Lyell, 1841)
References
* Marwick, J. (1928). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, including a generic review of the New Zealand Pectinidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 431-506
* Kilburn, R.N., 1985. The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 27(1): 239-337
* Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153
External links
Mörch, O.A.L. (1852). ''Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D’Aguirra & Gadea, Comes de Yoldi ... 1, Cephalophora''. L. Klein, Hafniae [Copenhagen], 170 ppBoury E. (de) (1909). Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie, 57: 255-258Boury E. de. (1911). Etude sur les sous-genres de Scalidae vivants et fossiles. Monographie des Gyroscala et des Circuloscala. Journal de Conchyliologie. 58(3): 212-260*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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
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Epitoniidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch