Temnocinclis

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

Last updated August 16, 2025

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

Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989

References

1 2 Temnocinclis McLean, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
↑ 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

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Temnocinclis McLean, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

[mclean-2] McLean, J. H. (1989). New slit-limpets from hydrothermal vents, Part 1. Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine

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