Cochliolepis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.
Taxonomy
Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold Discopsis as a valid genus, distinct from Cochliolepis <small>Stimpson, 1858</small>, 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.
Species
Species within the genus Cochliolepis include:
- Cochliolepis adamsii (<small>P. Fischer, 1857)</small>
- Cochliolepis albiceratus <small>Ponder, 1966</small>
- Cochliolepis catherinae <small>Barnard, 1963</small>
- â Cochliolepis differens <small>Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011</small>
- Cochliolepis holmesii <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Cochliolepis militaris <small>(Jousseaume, 1872)</small>
- Cochliolepis nautiliformis <small>(Holmes, 1859)</small>
- Cochliolepis parasitica <small>Stimpson, 1858</small>
- Cochliolepis patricioi <small>Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011</small>
- Cochliolepis planispiralis <small>Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011</small>
- Cochliolepis planulata <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)</small>
- Cochliolepis striata <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- Cochliolepis surinamensis <small>Van Regteren Altena, 1966</small>
- Cochliolepis tugelae <small>Barnard, 1963</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Cochliolepis albicerata <small>Ponder, 1966</small> : synonym of Cochliolepis albiceratus <small>Ponder, 1966</small>
- Cochliolepis antarctica <small>Numanami, 1996</small>: synonym of Zerotula antarctica <small>(Numanami, 1996)</small>
- Cochliolepis costulatus <small>(de Folin, 1870)</small>: synonym of Discopsis costulatus <small>de Folin, 1870</small>
- Cochliolepis dautzenbergi <small>Adam & Knudsen, 1969</small>: synonym of Discopsis dautzenbergi <small>(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)</small>
- Cochliolepis gruveli <small>(Dautzenberg, 1912)</small>: synonym of Discopsis gruveli <small>(Dautzenberg, 1912</small>
- Cochliolepis jullieni <small>Adam & Knudsen, 1969</small>: synonym of Discopsis jullieni <small>(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)</small>
- Cochliolepis radians <small>Rolán & Rubio, 1991</small>: synonym of Discopsis radians <small>(Rolán & Rubio, 1991)</small>
- Cochliolepis reductus <small>Rolán & Rubio, 1991</small>: synonym of Discopsis reductus <small>(Rolán & Rubio, 1991)</small>
References
- 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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