Temnocinclis

Temnocinclis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetodriloidea
Family: Sutilizonidae
Genus: Temnocinclis
McLean, 1989
Species: T. euripes
Binomial name
Temnocinclis euripes
McLean, 1989
Type species
Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989

Temnocinclis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in family Sutilizonidae containing the single species Temnocinclis euripes.[1] This mollusc, a species of slit-limpet that measures up to four millimeters long, lives at hydrothermal vents.[2]

Species

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


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