Cochliolepis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.[1]

Cochliolepis
Shells of Cochliolepis militaris (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Cochliolepis
Stimpson, 1858
Type species
Cochliolepis parasitica
Stimpson, 1858

Taxonomy

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Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold Discopsis as a valid genus, distinct from Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family Vitrinellidae and the former in Tornidae. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in Cochliolepis.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Cochliolepis include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cochliolepis albicerata Ponder, 1966 : synonym of Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966
  • Cochliolepis antarctica Numanami, 1996: synonym of Zerotula antarctica (Numanami, 1996)
  • Cochliolepis costulatus (de Folin, 1870): synonym of Discopsis costulatus de Folin, 1870
  • Cochliolepis dautzenbergi Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of Discopsis dautzenbergi (Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
  • Cochliolepis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912): synonym of Discopsis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912
  • Cochliolepis jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of Discopsis jullieni (Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
  • Cochliolepis radians Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of Discopsis radians (Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
  • Cochliolepis reductus Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of Discopsis reductus (Rolán & Rubio, 1991)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2014). Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196981 on 2014-12-10
  • Stimpson W. (1858). A new form of parasitic gasteropodous Mollusca, called Cochliolepis parasiticus. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6: 307-309
  • Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus. 29(2), 1-230
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