''Eosipho'' 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 ...
mollusk
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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 ''Eosipho'' include:
* † ''
Eosipho cinguliferus''
(De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
* † ''
Eosipho hoernesi''
(Bellardi, 1873)
* † ''
Eosipho latesulcatus''
(Bellardi, 1872)
* ''
Eosipho smithi''
(Schepman, 1911)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Eosipho aldermenensis'' ''(Powell, 1971)'': synonym of ''
Calagrassor aldermenensis''
(Powell, 1971)
* ''Eosipho auzendei'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001: synonym of ''
Enigmaticolus auzendei'' (Warén & Bouchet, 2001)
* ''Eosipho atlanticus''
Fraussen & Hadorn, 2005: synonym of ''
Manaria atlantica''
(Fraussen & Hadorn, 2005) (original combination; inclusion in ''Manaria'' tentative)
* ''Eosipho canetae'' (Clench & Aguayo, 1944): synonym of''
Manaria canetae'' (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
* ''Eosipho coriolis''
Bouchet & Waren, 1986: synonym of ''
Gaillea coriolis
''Gaillea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Eosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: ...
''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* ''Eosipho dentatus'' (Schepman, 1911): synonym of ''
Preangeria dentata
''Preangeria'' is an extinct genus of gastropods belonging to the family Eosiphonidae.
The species of this genus are found in Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Aus ...
'' (Schepman, 1911)
* ''Eosipho desbruyeresi'' Okutani & Ohta, 1993: synonym of ''
Enigmaticolus desbruyeresi'' (Okutani & Ohta, 1993)
* ''Eosipho engonia''
Bouchet & Warén, 1986: synonym of ''
Gaillea engonia
''Gaillea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* ''Eosipho hayashi''
(Shikama, 1971): synonym of ''
Calagrassor hayashii''
(Shikama, 1971)
* ''Eosipho poppei''
Fraussen, 2001:
synonym of ''
Calagrassor poppei''
(Fraussen, 2001)
* ''Eosipho tashiensis''
(Lee & Lan, 2002): synonym of ''
Calagrassor tashiensis''
(Lee & Lan, 2002)
* ''Eosipho thorybopus''
Bouchet & Waren, 1986: synonym of ''
Manaria thorybopus''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
* ''Eosipho tosaensis''
Okutani & Iwahori, 1992: synonym of ''
Gaillea tosaensis
''Gaillea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Okutani & Iwahori, 1992)
* ''Eosipho zephyrus''
Fraussen, Sellanes & Stahlschmidt, 2012: synonym of ''
Calagrassor zephyrus''
(Fraussen, Sellanes & Stahlschmidt, 2012)
References
* Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1986
1985" ''Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa.'' Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 133: 457–517.
* 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 HEROS V., STRONG E. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 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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