Aorotrema

Aorotrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Tornidae
Genus:	Aorotrema Schwengel & McGinty, 1942
Type species
Cyclostrema pontogenesSchwengel & McGinty, 1942
Synonyms
Cyclostrema (Aorotrema)Schwengel & T. L. McGinty, 1942 (original combination)

Aorotrema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae within the superfamily Truncatelloidea. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Aorotrema include:

• Aorotrema cistronium (Dall, 1889)
• Aorotrema humboldti (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Aorotrema pontogenes (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)

Species brought into synonymy

• Aorotrema erraticumPilsbry & McGinty, 1945: synonym of Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Aorotrema Schwengel & McGinty, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415064 on 2013-08-27

External links

• Schwengel, J. S. & McGinty, T. L. (1942). "Some new and interesting marine shells from northwest Florida". The Nautilus. 56 (1): 17–18.
• Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). "Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E." Iberus. 29 (2): 1–230.
• To World Register of Marine Species