Synaptocochlea

Synaptocochlea is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Synaptocochlea
Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Synaptocochlea
Pilsbry, 1890[1]
Type species
Stomatella montrouzieri
Pilsbry, 1890
Synonyms

Stomatella (Synaptocochlea) Pilsbry, 1890

Description

The oval shell is intermediate between Stomatella and Gena in contour. The very short spire is sub-marginal. The surface is spirally striated or decussated. The very large aperture is longer than wide. The animal has an operculum.[3]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

Species

Species within the genus Synaptocochlea include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species [6]

  • Synaptocochlea hexagonum Philippi, 1850
  • Synaptocochlea tursicus Reeve, 1848
Species brought into synonymy
  • Synaptocochlea inconcinna auct. non Pilsbry, 1921: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847)
  • Synaptocochlea granosa (Lambert, 1874): synonym of Stomatella granosa Lambert, 1874
  • Synaptocochlea lactea Usticke, 1959: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847)
  • Synaptocochlea nigrita Rehder, 1939: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847)
  • Synaptocochlea picta (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1862): synonym of Synaptocochlea montrouzieri (Pilsbry, 1890)
  • Synaptocochlea stellata (Souverbie in souverbie & Montrouzier, 1863): synonym of Stomatella stellata Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1863
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References
  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1890). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 12: 6.
  2. Synaptocochlea Pilsbry, 1890. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
  4. Synaptocochlea belmonti Simone, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  5. Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  6. OBIS: Synaptocochlea
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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