''Zenepos'' 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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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zenepos'' include:
* † ''
Zenepos lacunosa
''Zenepos'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zenepos'' include:
* † '' Zenepos lacunosa'' (Hutton, 1885)
* '' Zenepos totolirata'' (Suter, 1908)
* '' Zenepos zi ...
''
(Hutton, 1885)
* ''
Zenepos totolirata
''Zenepos totolirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter is 1.4 mm.
(Original description) The minute shell is narrowly fusiform, ...
''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''
Zenepos ziervogelii
''Zenepos'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zenepos'' include:
* † ''Zenepos lacunosa'' (Hutton, 1885)
* ''Zenepos totolirata'' (Suter, 1908)
* '' Zenepos zier ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Zenepos mimica''
(Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of ''
Nepotilla mimica
''Nepotilla mimica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
;Variety: ''Nepotilla mimica fusca'' (Sowerby III, 1896) : a dark brown variety.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diame ...
''
(Sowerby III, 1897)
* ''Zenepos minuta''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877): synonym of ''
Nepotilla minuta
''Nepotilla minuta'', common name the minute turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
''Daphnella minuta'' Verco, 1909 is a synonym of '' Nepotilla mimica'' (Sowerby III, 1896), according to Hedl ...
''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
References
* Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232-286 page(s): 250
* Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
External links
*
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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