Cylindriscala

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Cylindriscala
Shell of Cylindriscala mirifica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Cylindriscala
de Boury, 1909
Type species
Scala fulgens de Boury, 1909
Synonyms
  • Lampropalia Kuroda & Ito, 1961
  • Scala (Cylindriscala) de Boury, 1909 (original rank)
  • Torquatiscala de Boury, 1912

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

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