Infundibulum (gastropod)

Infundibulum
Infundibulum aemulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Infundibulum
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Infundibulum concavum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[2]
  • Carinidea Swainson, 1840
  • Polydonta (Infundibulum) Montfort, 1810
  • Trochus (Infundibulum)

Infundibulum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The conical shell is false-umbilicate. The periphery is angular. The base of the shell is nearly flat, or concave. The outer surface is smooth, costate or granular. The outer lip is not lirate within. The columella is inserted in the center of the axis. It is more or less folded above, its edge straight, oblique, not toothed, and without a notch at its base.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Infundibulum include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species:[6]

Synonyms
Nomen dubium

References

  1. Montfort P. D. de (1810). Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique de coquilles 2: 166.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Infundibulum .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2012.
  3. H. Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  4. 4.0 4.1 Marshall B. A. (2000). "Systematics of the genus Infundibulum Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Trochidae)". The Nautilus 114(4): 149-154.
  5. Infundibulum concavum (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  6. OBIS: Infundibulum
  7. Infundibulum erythraeum (Brocchi, 1821).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

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