''Clypeostoma'' is a
genus
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of mostly small deep water
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Chilodontaidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Clypeostoma'' Herbert, 2012. Retrieved through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710010 on 2013-04-14
Species in this genus were previously categorized under the genus ''
Agathodonta''
Cossmann, 1918
Species
Species within the genus ''Clypeostoma'' include:
* ''
Clypeostoma adelon''
Vilvens, 2017
* ''
Clypeostoma cancellatum''
(Schepman, 1908)
* ''
Clypeostoma cecileae''
(Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)
* ''
Clypeostoma chranos''
Vilvens, 2017
* ''
Clypeostoma elongatum''
(Vilvens, 2001)
* ''
Clypeostoma meteorae''
(Neubert, 1998)
* ''
Clypeostoma nortoni''
(McLean, 1984)
* ''
Clypeostoma reticulatum''
Herbert, 2012
* ''
Clypeostoma salpinx''
(Barnard, 1964)
* ''
Clypeostoma townsendianum''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
References
* Poppe, G., Tagaro, S. & Dekker, H., 2006. The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippines Islands. Visaya: 1-128, sér. Supplément 2
* Vilvens C. , 2017. New species and new records of Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from the Pacific Ocean. Novapex 18: 1-67, sér. HS 11
External links
To World Register of Marine SpeciesHerbert, D. G. (2012). A Revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of Southern Africa and the South-Western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 381-502.
Chilodontaidae
Gastropod genera
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