''Clinura'' is a
genus
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of
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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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
This genus was only known from fossils from the
Cenozoic
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era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of ''Clinura vitrea'' off the Taninbar Islands,
Indonesia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Clinura'' include:
* † ''
Clinura calliope''
Brocchi, G.B., 1814
* † ''
Clinura circumfossa''
(Koenen, 1872)
* † ''
Clinura controversa'' Jan
* † ''
Clinura generosa
''Clinura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae.
This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of ''Clinura vitrea'' off the Tani ...
''
(Marwick, 1931)
* † ''
Clinura sabatorium
''Clinura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of ''Clinura vitrea'' off the Taninbar Islands, Indo ...
''
Bellardi, 1875
* † ''
Clinura sopronensis
''Clinura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of ''Clinura vitrea'' off the Taninbar Islands, Indo ...
''
Hoernes & Auinger, 1879
* † ''
Clinura subtrochlearis
''Clinura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of ''Clinura vitrea'' off the Taninbar Islands, Indo ...
''
Friedberg, 1912
* † ''
Clinura trochlearis
''Clinura'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of ''Clinura vitrea'' off the Taninbar Islands, Indo ...
''
Hoernes, 1856
* ''
Clinura vitrea
''Clinura vitrea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.3 mm, its diameter 10.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Tanimbar Islands, ...
''
Sysoev, 1997
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Clinura elegantissima''
(Foresti, 1868): synonym of ''
Teretia elegantissima
''Teretia elegantissima'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teretia elegantissima (Foresti, 1868) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...
''
(Forresti, 1868)
* ''Clinura hosoi''
(Okutani, 1964):
synonym of ''
Crassispira hosoi
''Crassispira hosoi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira hosoi (Okutani, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/a ...
''
(Okutani, 1964)
* ''Clinura monochorda''
Dall, 1908: synonym of ''
Anticlinura monochorda
''Anticlinura monochorda'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2015). Anticlinura monochorda (Dall, 1908). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://ww ...
''
(Dall, 1908) (original combination)
* ''Clinura peruviana''
Dall, 1908: synonym of ''
Anticlinura peruviana
''Anticlinura movilla'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2015). Anticlinura peruviana (Dall, 1908). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
''
(Dall, 1908) (original combination)
References
External links
Beets, C., 1942b. Notizen über ''Thatcheria'' Angas, ''Clinura'' Bellardi und ''Clinuropsis'' Vincent. Leidsche Geol. Meded., vol. 13, pp. 356-367A.J. Charig, The Gastropod Genus Thatcheria and its Relationships; Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 7 # 9 (1963) Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308*
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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