Cirsotrema

Cirsostrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Cirsostrema
Mörch, 1852
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Caloscala Tate, 1885
  • Cirsotremma (Spelling variation)
  • Cirsotremopsis Thiele, 1928
  • Dannevigena Iredale, 1936
  • Laniscala Lan, 1976
  • Mammiscala de Boury, 1909
  • Rectacirsa Iredale, 1936

Cirsostrema is a genus of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as the wentletraps.[1]

The type species of the family is Cirsotrema varicosa Lamarck, 1822.

Species

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Cirsotrema Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137938 on 2010-12-29