Cerithiopsis

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Cerithiopsis
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Synonyms
  • Conciliopsis Laseron, 1956
  • Nanopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2010 (Preoccupied by Nanopsis Freytag, 1974 [an insect of order Homoptera])

Cerithiopsis is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Caribbean Sea including Cuba, in the Atlantic Ocean including the Cape Verde islands and Angola and in the Indian Ocean including the Aldabra Atoll.

Species

Species within the genus Cerithiopsis include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137764 on 13 June 2012
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