''Enigmaticolus'' is a
genus
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of
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
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Eosiphonidae
The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atla ...
, the true whelks and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Enigmaticolus'' include:
* ''
Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi''
(Okutani & Ohta, 1993)
* ''
Enigmaticolus marshalli''
Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
* ''
Enigmaticolus nipponensis''
(Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
* † ''
Enigmaticolus semisulcatus''
(K. Martin, 1933)
* ''
Enigmaticolus voluptarius''
Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
;Synonyms:
* ''Enigmaticolus auzendei''
(A. Warén & P. Bouchet, 2001): synonym of ''
Thermosipho auzendei''
(A. Warén & P. Bouchet, 2001)
* ''Enigmaticolus inflatus''
S.-Q. Zhang, S.-P. Zhang & H. Chen, 2020: synonym of ''Enigmaticolus nipponensis''
(Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
* ''Enigmaticolus monnieri'' Fraussen, 2008:
synonym of ''Enigmaticolus nipponensis''
(Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
References
* Fraussen K. 2008. Enigmaticolus, a new genus of deep water buccinids (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of a new species from Madagascar. Gloria Maris, 46(4-5): 74-82
* Fraussen, K.; Stahlschmidt, P. (2016). The extensive Indo-Pacific deep-water radiation of Manaria E.A. Smith, 1906 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) and related genera, with descriptions of 21 new species. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 363–456.
External links
Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Fraussen K., Fedosov A.E. & Bouchet P. (2013) Deep-water Buccinidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from sunken wood, vents and seeps: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(8): 2177-2195
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Eosiphonidae
Gastropod genera