Tentaoculus is a genus of sea snails, deep-sea false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae.[1]
| Tentaoculus | |
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| Tentaoculus granulatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetelloidea |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Tentaoculus Moskalev, 1976 |
| Type species | |
| Tentaoculus perlucidus Moskalev, 1976 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Tentaoculus include:
- Tentaoculus balantiophaga B.A. Marshall, 1996
- Tentaoculus eritmetus (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Tentaoculus georgianus (Dall, 1927)
- Tentaoculus granulatus Warén & Bouchet, 2009[2]
- Tentaoculus haptricola B.A. Marshall, 1986
- Tentaoculus lithodicola B.A. Marshall, 1986
- Tentaoculus neolithodicola B.A. Marshall, 1986
- Tentaoculus perlucidus Moskalev, 1976
References
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- ^ Tentaoculus Moskalev, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 February 2013.
- ^ Tentaoculus granulatus Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- Moskalev, L. I. (1976). On the generic classification in Cocculinidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova 99: 59–70.
- Marshall B.A. (1986 ["1985"]) Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505–546.