Enigmaticolus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies.[1]

Enigmaticolus
Shell of Enigmaticolus monnieri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Eosiphonidae
Genus: Enigmaticolus
Fraussen, 2008
Type species
Enigmaticolus monnieri
Fraussen, 2008

Species

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Species within the genus Enigmaticolus include:

Synonyms
  • Enigmaticolus auzendei (A. Warén & P. Bouchet, 2001): synonym of Thermosipho auzendei (A. Warén & P. Bouchet, 2001)
  • Enigmaticolus inflatus S.-Q. Zhang, S.-P. Zhang & H. Chen, 2020: synonym of Enigmaticolus nipponensis (Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)
  • Enigmaticolus monnieri Fraussen, 2008:[3] synonym of Enigmaticolus nipponensis (Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000)

References

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  1. ^ Enigmaticolus Fraussen, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Chong Chen; Ting Xu; Koen Fraussen; Jian-Wen Qiu (2021). "Integrative taxonomy of enigmatic deep-sea true whelks in the sister-genera Enigmaticolus and Thermosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 230–240. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa134.
  3. ^ Enigmaticolus monnieri Fraussen, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Fraussen K. 2008. Enigmaticolus, a new genus of deep water buccinids (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of a new species from Madagascar. Gloria Maris, 46(4-5): 74-82
  • Fraussen, K.; Stahlschmidt, P. (2016). The extensive Indo-Pacific deep-water radiation of Manaria E.A. Smith, 1906 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) and related genera, with descriptions of 21 new species. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 363–456.
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