''Sukashitrochus'' 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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
family
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Scissurellidae
Scissurellidae, sometimes known by the common name little slit snails, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (acc ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Sukashitrochus'' include:
* ''
Sukashitrochus atkinsoni''
(Tenison Woods, 1876)
* ''
Sukashitrochus carinatus''
(A. Adams, 1862) - type species
* ''
Sukashitrochus dorbignyi''
(Audouin, 1826)
* † ''
Sukashitrochus estotiensis''
Lozouet, 1999
* † ''
Sukashitrochus kaiparaensis''
(Laws, 1941)
* ''
Sukashitrochus lyallensis''
(Finlay, 1926)
* ''
Sukashitrochus morleti''
(Crosse, 1880) - synonyms: ''Sukashitrochus indonesicus'' Bandel, 1998; ''Sukashitrochus simplex'' Bandel, 1998
* † ''
Sukashitrochus ngatutura''
(Laws, 1936)
* ''
Sukashitrochus pulcher''
(Petterd, 1884)
* † ''
Sukashitrochus saubadae''
Lozouet, 1998
* † ''
Sukashitrochus terquemi''
(Deshayes, 1865)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Sukashitrochus armillatus''
(Yaron, 1983): synonym of ''
Sukashitrochus dorbignyi''
(Audouin, 1826)
* ''Sukashitrochus indonesicus''
Bandel, 1998: synonym of ''Sukashitrochus morleti''
(Crosse, 1880)
* ''Sukashitrochus maraisi''
Herbert, 1986: synonym of ''
Sukashitrochus dorbignyi''
(Audouin, 1826)
* ''Sukashitrochus mirandus''
(A. Adams, 1862): synonym of ''
Sinezona miranda''
(A. Adams, 1862) (
nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
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)
* ''Sukashitrochus simplex''
Bandel, 1998: synonym of ''Sukashitrochus morleti''
(Crosse, 1880)
* ''Sukashitrochus tasmanicus''
(Petterd, 1879): synonym of ''Sukashitrochus atkinsoni''
(Tenison Woods, 1876)
* ''Sukashitrochus tricarinatus''
(Yaron, 1983): synonym of ''
Sukashitrochus dorbignyi''
(Audouin, 1826)
References
* Geiger D.L. (2012) ''Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae''. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.
External links
* Geiger D. L. (2003). "Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species from Easter Island and Australia". ''Molluscan Research'' 23(1): 21-83.
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* Haszprunaer G. (1988). "''Sukashitrochus'' sp., a scissurellid with heteropod-like locomotion (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda)". '' Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien'' 90B: 367-371
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Scissurellidae
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