Entemnotrochus
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.
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| A shell of Entemnotrochus rumphii | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Genus: | Entemnotrochus Fischer, 1885 |
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| Pleurotomaria adansoniana | |
Extant 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 & Fischer, 1861)
- Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
Fossil species
- Entemnotrochus ozakii Kase & Katayama, 1981
- Entemnotrochus panchangwui Lin, 1975
- Entemnotrochus Shikamai Kanie, 1973
- Entemnotrochus siuyingae Lin, 1975
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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