''Stephopoma'' is a

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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 ...

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Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family (biology), family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Cerithioidea. Taxonomy The following two sub ...

, the "slit worm shells" or "slit worm snails".Bouchet, P. (2012). Stephopoma Mörch, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224610 on 2012-02-11

Species

Species within the genus ''Stephopoma'' include: * '' Stephopoma abrolhosense'' Bieler, 1997 * '' Stephopoma lacunosum'' (Barnard, 1963) * '' Stephopoma levispinosum'' * '' Stephopoma mamillatum'' Morton & Keen, 1960 * '' Stephopoma myrakeenae'' Olsson & McGinty, 1958 * '' Stephopoma nucleocostatum'' May, 1915 * '' Stephopoma nucleogranosum'' Verco, 1904 * '' Stephopoma pennatum'' Mørch, 1860 * '' Stephopoma quincunx'' (Barnard, 1963) * '' Stephopoma roseum'' ( Quoy and

Gaimard Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist. Biography Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...

, 1834) * '' Stephopoma tricuspe'' Mörch, 1861

References

* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''.

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