Clinura

Summary

Clinura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Clinura
Shell of a species of Clinura (specimen in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Clinura
Bellardi, 1875
Type species
Clinura calliope
Brocchi, G.B., 1814

This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of Clinura vitrea off the Taninbar Islands, Indonesia.

Species edit

Species within the genus Clinura include:

  • Clinura calliope Brocchi, G.B., 1814
  • Clinura circumfossa (Koenen, 1872) [2]
  • Clinura controversa Jan
  • Clinura generosa (Marwick, 1931)
  • Clinura sabatorium Bellardi, 1875 [3]
  • Clinura sopronensis Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 [4]
  • Clinura subtrochlearis Friedberg, 1912 [5]
  • Clinura trochlearis Hoernes, 1856
  • Clinura vitrea Sysoev, 1997[6]
Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  1. ^ Clinura Bellardi, 1875. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  2. ^ Koenen, A. von (1885) — Über eine paleocäne Fauna von Kopenhagen, I Theil; Abh. d.k. Ges. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen, Bd. 32 (80 S.)
  3. ^ Bellardi, L. e Sacco, F. (1872—1904) — I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria; Lief. 1—30.
  4. ^ Hoernes, R. und Auinger, M. (1879) — Die Gastropoden der Meeresablagerungen der I und II Mediterranstufe in der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie; Abh. k. k. geol. Beichsanst., 12.
  5. ^ Friedberg, W. (1912) — Miçczaki miocenskie ziem Polskich (mollusca miocenia poloniae), Lief. 2, S. 113—240; Museum im. Dzieduszyckich, T. 14
  6. ^ Clinura vitrea Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  7. ^ Clinura hosoi (Okutani, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

External links edit

  • Beets, C., 1942b. Notizen über Thatcheria Angas, Clinura Bellardi und Clinuropsis Vincent. Leidsche Geol. Meded., vol. 13, pp. 356-367
  • A.J. Charig, The Gastropod Genus Thatcheria and its Relationships; Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 7 # 9 (1963)
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae