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Teinostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Teinostomatidae
Genus: Teinostoma
H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853 [1]
Type species
Teinostoma politum A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudorotella P. Fischer, 1857
  • Teinostoma (Annulicallus) Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
  • Teinostoma (Ellipetylus) Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
  • Tinostoma P. Fischer, 1885

Teinostoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Tornidae.[1][2]

This genus used to be placed within the family Skeneidae.

Shell description

The shells of species in this genus are usually white and glossy, are transparent when fresh, and are only a few millimeters in maximum size.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ a b Teinostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • Rubio F., Fernández-Garcés R. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus 29(2): 1-230.