Cirsonella

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
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Cirsonella
Shell of † Cirsonella funata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Angas, 1877
Type species
Cirsonella australis
Angas, 1877
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Porcupinia Cossmann, 1900
  • Tharsiella Bush, 1897
  • Tharsis Jeffreys, 1883 (preoccupied by Tharsis Giebel, 1847 (Pisces))
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Description

(Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Cirsonella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cirsonella accelerans C. A. Fleming, 1948: synonym of Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940
  • Cirsonella australis Angas, 1877: synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Cirsonella granum Murdoch and Suter, 1906: synonym of Lissotesta granum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  • Cirsonella kerguelenensis [sic]: synonym of Cirsonella kerguelensis Thiele, 1912
  • Cirsonella lata (Laseron, 1954): synonym of Wanganella lata (Laseron, 1954)
  • Cirsonella naticoides (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison Woods, 1877)
  • Cirsonella neozelanica Murdoch, 1899: synonym of Suterilla neozelanica (Murdoch, 1899)
  • Cirsonella perplexa Laseron, 1954: synonym of Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954
  • Cirsonella simplex Powell, 1937: synonym of Acremodontina simplex (Powell, 1937)
  • Cirsonella translucida May, 1915: synonym of Acremodontina translucida (May, 1915)

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