Temnocinclis

Temnocinclis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Sutilizonidae
Genus:
Species:
T. euripes
Binomial name
Temnocinclis euripes
McLean, 1989[1]

Temnocinclis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in family Sutilizonidae containing the single species Temnocinclis euripes.[1] This mollusc, a species of slit-limpet that measures up to four millimeters long, lives at hydrothermal vents.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ a b Temnocinclis McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ McLean, J. H. (1989). New slit-limpets from hydrothermal vents, Part 1. Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
  • Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7