''Cochlis'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily Naticinae of the
family
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Naticidae
Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.
...
, the moon snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochlis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565222 on 2021-09-14]
Species
* ''
Cochlis neglecta''
(Mayer, 1858) †
* ''
Cochlis raropunctata
''Cochlis'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochlis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Sasso, 1827) †
* ''
Cochlis sulcooperculata
''Cochlis'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochlis Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Ruggieri, 1949) †
* ''
Cochlis vittata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cochlis alapapilionis''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Naticarius alapapilionis
''Naticarius alapapilionis'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
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''
Röding, 1798(original combination)
* ''Cochlis albula''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Natica spadicea''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cochlis cornea''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Natica spadicea''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cochlis explanata''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Naticarius orientalis''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cochlis fanel''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Natica hebraea''
(Martyn, 1786): synonym of ''
Naticarius hebraeus''
(Martyn, 1786)
* ''Cochlis flammea''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Natica vittata''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Cochlis vittata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cochlis lineata''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Tanea lineata''
Röding, 1798(original combination)
* ''Cochlis migratoria''
Powell, 1927: synonym of ''
Notocochlis gualteriana''
(Récluz, 1844)
* ''Cochlis onca''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Naticarius onca''
Röding, 1798(original combination)
* ''Cochlis pavimentum''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Naticarius onca''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Cochlis pittensis''
Marwick, 1928 †: synonym of ''
Tanea pittensis''
(Marwick, 1928) †
* ''Cochlis plicata''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Stigmaulax sulcatus''
(Born, 1778)
* ''Cochlis rufescens''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Natica spadicea''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cochlis socius''
Finlay, 1927 †: synonym of ''
Tanea consortis''
(Finlay, 1924) † (Invalid replacement name for ''
Natica consortis''
Finlay, 1924)
* ''Cochlis stercusmuscarum''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Naticarius stercusmuscarum''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Cochlis tigrina''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Paratectonatica tigrina''
Röding, 1798(original combination)
* ''Cochlis undulata''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Tanea undulata''
Röding, 1798(original combination)
* ''Cochlis vafer''
Finlay, 1930: synonym of ''
Notocochlis gualteriana''
(Récluz, 1844)
References
* Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
* Robba E., Pedriali L. & Quaggiotto E. (2016). Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene naticid gastropods of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 122(2): 109-234.
External links
Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
Naticidae
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