Cirsonella

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Cirsonella
Cirsonella funata (MNHN-IM-2000-5281).jpeg
Shell of † Cirsonella funata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Cirsonella
Angas, 1877
Type species
Cirsonella australis
Angas, 1877
Species

See text

Synonyms [1]
  • PorcupiniaCossmann, 1900
  • TharsiellaBush, 1897
  • TharsisJeffreys, 1883 (preoccupied by Tharsis Giebel, 1847 (Pisces))

Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae. [1]

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Description

(Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Cirsonella include:

Species brought into synonymy

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