Discopsis

Discopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Discopsis
de Folin, 1870
Type species
Adeorbis omalos de Folin, 1870

Discopsis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.[1]

Taxonomy

Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold Discopsis as a valid genus, distinct from Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family Vitrinellidae and the former in Tornidae. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in Cochliolepis. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Discopsis include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Discopsis de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138558 on 2014-12-10

External links

External identifiers for Discopsis
WoRMS 138558


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