''Cochliolepis'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
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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Tornidae
Tornidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196981 on 2014-12-10]
Taxonomy
Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold ''Discopsis'' as a valid genus, distinct from ''Cochliolepis''
Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family
Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. ...
and the former in
Tornidae
Tornidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet ...
. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in ''Cochliolepis''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cochliolepis'' include:
* ''
Cochliolepis adamsii'' (
P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''
Cochliolepis albiceratus''
Ponder, 1966
* ''
Cochliolepis catherinae''
Barnard, 1963
* † ''
Cochliolepis differens''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011
* ''
Cochliolepis holmesii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Cochliolepis militaris''
(Jousseaume, 1872)
* ''
Cochliolepis nautiliformis''
(Holmes, 1859)
* ''
Cochliolepis parasitica''
Stimpson, 1858
* ''
Cochliolepis patricioi''
Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011
* ''
Cochliolepis planispiralis''
Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
* ''
Cochliolepis planulata''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* ''
Cochliolepis striata''
Dall, 1889
* ''
Cochliolepis surinamensis''
Van Regteren Altena, 1966
* ''
Cochliolepis tugelae''
Barnard, 1963
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cochliolepis albicerata''
Ponder, 1966 : synonym of ''Cochliolepis albiceratus''
Ponder, 1966
* ''Cochliolepis antarctica''
Numanami, 1996: synonym of ''
Zerotula antarctica''
(Numanami, 1996)
* ''Cochliolepis costulatus''
(de Folin, 1870): synonym of ''
Discopsis costulatus''
de Folin, 1870
* ''Cochliolepis dautzenbergi''
Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of ''
Discopsis dautzenbergi''
(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
* ''Cochliolepis gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1912): synonym of ''
Discopsis gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1912
* ''Cochliolepis jullieni''
Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of ''
Discopsis jullieni''
(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
* ''Cochliolepis radians''
Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of ''
Discopsis radians''
(Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
* ''Cochliolepis reductus''
Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of ''
Discopsis reductus''
(Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
References
* Stimpson W. (1858). ''A new form of parasitic gasteropodous Mollusca, called Cochliolepis parasiticus''. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6: 307-309
* Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). ''The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas.'' Iberus. 29(2), 1-230
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Tornidae
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