Entemnotrochus is a genus of large to very large deepwater sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[1]
| Entemnotrochus | |
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| A shell of Entemnotrochus rumphii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurotomariida |
| Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Entemnotrochus Fischer, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotomaria adansoniana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) P. Fischer, 1885 | |
Extant Species edit
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Entemnotrochus :[2]
- Entemnotrochus adansonianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1861)
- Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
Fossil species edit
- Entemnotrochus ozakii Kase & Katayama, 1981
- Entemnotrochus panchangwui Lin, 1975
- Entemnotrochus Shikamai Kanie, 1973
- Entemnotrochus siuyingae Lin, 1975
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Entemnotrochus P. Fischer, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413448 on 2020-11-03
- ^ WoRMS : Entemnotrochus; accessed : 3 April 2011
- NOAA info including photos of live animals and videos
- Williams, S.T., Karube, S. & Ozawa, T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37, 483–506
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