Entemnotrochus
| Entemnotrochus | |
|---|---|
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| A shell of Entemnotrochus rumphii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Entemnotrochus Fischer, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotomaria adansoniana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861 | |
Entemnotrochus is a genus of large to very large deepwater sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Entemnotrochus :[1]
- Entemnotrochus adansonianus (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861)
- Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
References
- NOAA info including photos of live animals and videos
- Williams, S.T., Karube, S. & Ozawa, T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37, 483–506
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