Cycloscala

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

Cycloscala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Cycloscala

Dall, 1889
Type species
Scala dunkeriana Dall, W.H., 1889
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Epitonium (Kiiscala) Nakayama, 1995
  • Solvaclathrus Iredale, 1936

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
  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


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