''Clivipollia'' is a

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.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2018). Clivipollia Iredale, 1929. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490512 on 2018-01-10

Species

Species within the genus ''Clivipollia'' include :WoRMS : ''Clivipollia''; accessed : 17 November 2016
/ref> * '' Clivipollia costata'' (Pease, 1860) * '' Clivipollia delicata'' Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016 * '' Clivipollia fragaria'' (Wood, 1828) * † '' Clivipollia gigas'' (Landau & Vermeij, 2012) * '' Clivipollia incarnata'' (Deshayes, 1834) * '' Clivipollia pulchra'' (Reeve, 1846) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Clivipollia contracta'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of '' Enzinopsis contracta'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Clivipollia imperita'' Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Clivipollia pulchra'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Clivipollia recurva'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of '' Speccapollia recurva'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Clivipollia thaanumi'' (Pilsbry & Brian, 1918): synonym of ''Clivipollia costata'' (Pease, 1860) * ''Clivipollia tokiae'' Chino & Fraussen, 2015: synonym of '' Speccapollia tokiae'' (Chino & Fraussen, 2015) (original combination)

References

* Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2016). Revision of the Clivipollia group (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) with description of two new genera and three new species. Novapex. 17(2-3): 29-46

External links

Iredale T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. Australian Zoologist. 5(4): 337-352
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