Trichosirius

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

Trichosirius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Capuloidea
Family:
Capulidae
Genus:
Trichosirius

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

See text

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

Species

Species within the genus Trichosirius include:

  • Trichosirius cavatocarinatus (Laws, 1940)
  • Trichosirius inornatus (Hutton, 1873)
  • Trichosirius octocarinatus (Powell, 1931)
  • Trichosirius ornatus (Hutton, 1873)
  • † Trichosirius (Eosirius) admeteformis (Maxwell, 1966)
  • † Trichosirius (Miplioderma) finlayi Laws, 1935
  • † Trichosirius (Miplioderma) mangawera (Laws, 1940)
  • † Trichosirius (Miplioderma) reticulatus (Suter, 1917)
  • † Trichosirius (Miplioderma) waihuanus (Marwick, 1965)

References
  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
  • 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.


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