Filiscala

Filiscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

Filiscala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Filiscala

de Boury, 1911
Type species
Turbo martinii W. Wood, 1828
Species

See text.

Species

Species within the genus Filiscala include:

  • Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Filiscala youngi (Kilburn, 1985)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Filiscala de Boury, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834230 on 2015-02-22


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