Temnocinclis

Temnocinclis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Lepetodriloidea
Family:
Sutilizonidae
Genus:
Temnocinclis

McLean, 1989
Species:
T. euripes
Binomial name
Temnocinclis euripes
McLean, 1989
Type species
Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989

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. ^ 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.
  • 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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