Tenebrincola

Tenebrincola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1] It is a Western Pacific abyssal genus, which is defined by a very thin, smooth shell, a radula of the fulgorarid type, and the presence of an operculum.[2] Its phylogenetic relationship with the Asian fulgorarids needs to be clarified.

Tenebrincola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Fulgorariinae
Genus:
Tenebrincola

Harasewych & Kantor, 1991

Species

Species within the genus Tenebrincola include:

The species includes two populations: Tenebrincola cukri cukri (Rokop, 1972) - Baja California and Tenebrincola cukri frigida Harasewych & Kantor, 1991 - Aleutian Trench.[2]

References
  1. Tenebrincola Harasewych & Kantor, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Bail, P., Chino, M. & Terryn, Y. (2010). The Family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. A revision of the recent species. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 74 pp., 64 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 978-3-939767-31-2.
  3. Tenebrincola cukri (Rokop, 1972). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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