Filiscala
Genus of gastropods
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Filiscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]
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| Filiscala | |
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| Shell of Filiscala raricosta (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Filiscala de Boury, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Turbo martinii W. Wood, 1828 | |
| Species | |
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Species
Species within the genus Filiscala include:
- Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
- Filiscala youngi (Kilburn, 1985)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)