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Cirsonella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Skeneidae

Higher classification
  
Cyclostrematidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Scientific name
  
Cirsonella

Rank
  
Genus

Cirsonella

Lower classifications
  
Cirsonella laxa, Cirsonella paradoxa

Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.

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Description

(Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened.

Species

Species within the genus Cirsonella include:

  • Cirsonella ateles (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Cirsonella carinata (Hedley, 1903)
  • Cirsonella consobrina Powell, 1930
  • Cirsonella cubitale (Hedley, 1907)
  • Cirsonella densilirata Suter, 1908
  • Cirsonella extrema Thiele, 1912
  • Cirsonella floridensis (Dall, 1927)
  • Cirsonella gaudryi (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
  • Cirsonella georgiana (Dall, 1927)
  • Cirsonella globosa'' (Pelseneer, 1903)
  • Cirsonella kerguelenensis Thiele, 1912
  • Cirsonella lata (Laseron, 1954)
  • Cirsonella laxa Powell, 1937
  • Cirsonella maoria Powell, 1937
  • Cirsonella margaritiformis (Dall, 1927)
  • Cirsonella microscopia (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910)
  • Cirsonella naticoides (Hedley, 1907)
  • Cirsonella paradoxa Powell, 1937
  • Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926
  • Cirsonella pisiformis Powell, 1937
  • Cirsonella propelaxa Dell, 1956
  • Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954
  • Cirsonella romettensis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
  • Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940
  • Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937
  • Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Species brought into synonymy
  • Cirsonella australis Angas, 1877: synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Cirsonella granum Murdoch and Suter, 1906: synonym of Lissotesta granum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  • Cirsonella neozelanica Murdoch, 1899: synonym of Suterilla neozelanica (Murdoch, 1899)
  • Cirsonella perplexa Laseron, 1954: synonym of Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954
  • Cirsonella simplex Powell, 1937: synonym of Acremodontina simplex (Powell, 1937)
  • Cirsonella translucida May, 1915: synonym of Acremodontina translucida (May, 1915)
  • References

    Cirsonella Wikipedia