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Cycloscala

Cycloscala is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

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Cycloscala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Cycloscala
Dall, 1889
Type species
Scala dunkeriana Dall, W.H., 1889
Species

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Synonyms1
  • Epitonium (Kiiscala) Nakayama, 1995
  • Solvaclathrus Iredale, 1936

Cycloscala is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.1

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Cycloscala :1

  • Cycloscala aldeynzeri E. F. Garcia, 2001
  • Cycloscala armata Garcia, 2004
  • Cycloscala crenulata (Pease, 1867)
  • Cycloscala echinaticosta (d’Orbigny, 1842)
  • Cycloscala gazae Kilburn, 1985
  • Cycloscala hyalina (Sowerby G.B. II, 1844)
  • Cycloscala laxata (G. B. Sowerby, 1844)
  • Cycloscala laxatoides (Kuroda in Nakayama, 1995)
  • Cycloscala montrouzieri Garcia, 2004
  • Cycloscala parvilobata de Boury, MS
  • Cycloscala revoluta (Hedley, 1899)
  • Cycloscala sardellae Garcia, 2004
  • Cycloscala semidisjuncta (Jeffreys, 1884)
  • Cycloscala soluta (A. Adams, 1862)
  • Cycloscala spinosa Nakayama, 2000
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cycloscala anguina (Jousseaume, 1912): synonym of Cycloscala crenulata (Pease, 1867)
  • Cycloscala blandii (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Cycloscala echinaticosta (d’Orbigny, 1842)
  • Cycloscala hyalina (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of Cycloscala hyalina (Sowerby G.B. II, 1844)
  • Cycloscala inconstans (de Boury, 1913): synonym of Cycloscala echinaticosta (d’Orbigny, 1842)
  • Cycloscala jomardi (Audouin, 1827): synonym of Epitonium jomardi (Audouin, 1827)
  • Cycloscala latedisjuncta (de Boury, 1911): synonym of Cycloscala revoluta (Hedley, 1899)
  • Cycloscala okezoko Habe, 1961: synonym of Epitonium okezoko (Habe, 1961)
  • Cycloscala volubilis (Mörch, 1875) synonym of Cycloscala echinaticosta (d’Orbigny, 1842)
References

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Cycloscala Dall, 1889 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137940 on 30 March 2011
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213