Entemnotrochus

Entemnotrochus
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]

Species brought into synonymy 

References


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