Clypeomorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cerithiinae of the family Cerithiidae.[1]

Clypeomorus
Shell of Clypeomorus pellucida (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Clypeomorus
Jousseaume, 1888
Type species
Clypeomorus clypeomorus
Jousseaume, F.P., 1888
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium (Clypeomorus) Jousseaume, 1888

Distribution

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The species of this marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Marshall Islands: off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia)

Species

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Species within the genus Clypeomorus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Clypeomorus bifasciatum [sic]: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Clypeomorus caeruleum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855): synonym of Cerithium caeruleum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
  • Clypeomorus chemnitziana (Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of Clypeomorus petrosa chemnitziana (Pilsbry, 1901)
  • Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Clypeomorus concisus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852): synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Clypeomorus coralium (Kiener, 1841): synonym of Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841
  • Clypeomorus gennesi (H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901): synonym of Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
  • Clypeomorus moniliferus (Kiener, 1841): synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
  • Clypeomorus petrosa (Wood, 1828): synonym of Clypeomorus petrosa petrosa (Wood, 1828)
  • Clypeomorus traillii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855): synonym of Cerithium traillii G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
  • Clypeomorus tuberculatus (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Cerithium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Clypeomorus zonatus (Wood, 1828): synonym of Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)

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