Trichosirius is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Capulidae (previously Trichotropidae).[2]

Trichosirius
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Trichosirius

Finlay, 1926[1]
Type species
Trichotropis inornata Hutton, 1873
Species

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Synonyms
  • Trichosirius (Eosirius) Maxwell, 1966· accepted, alternate representation
  • Trichosirius (Miplioderma) Laws, 1940 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Trichosirius (Trichosirius) Finlay, 1926 · accepted, alternate representation

Species edit

Species within the genus Trichosirius include:

References edit

  1. ^ Finlay H. J. (1926). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 57: 395.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Trichosirius. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598664 on 2012-05-31

Further reading edit

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Finlay H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 57: 320-485.