Clypeostoma is a genus of mostly small deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae.[2]
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| Shell of Clypeostoma adelon (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Clypeostoma Herbert, 2012[1] |
| Type species | |
| Turcica salpinx Barnard, 1964
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Species in this genus were previously categorized under the genus Agathodonta Cossmann, 1918
Species
editSpecies within the genus Clypeostoma include:[2]
- Clypeostoma adelon Vilvens, 2017
- Clypeostoma cancellatum (Schepman, 1908)
- Clypeostoma cecileae (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006)
- Clypeostoma chranos Vilvens, 2017
- Clypeostoma elongatum (Vilvens, 2001)
- Clypeostoma meteorae (Neubert, 1998)
- Clypeostoma nortoni (McLean, 1984)
- Clypeostoma reticulatum Herbert, 2012
- Clypeostoma salpinx (Barnard, 1964)
- Clypeostoma townsendianum (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
References
edit- ^ Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502. (6 November 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Clypeostoma Herbert, 2012. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710010 on 2013-04-14
- Poppe, G., Tagaro, S. & Dekker, H., 2006. The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippines Islands. Visaya: 1–128, sér. Supplément 2
- Vilvens C. , 2017. New species and new records of Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from the Pacific Ocean. Novapex 18: 1-67, sér. HS 11
External links
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- World Register of Marine Species
- Herbert, D. G. (2012). A Revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of Southern Africa and the South-Western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 381-502.