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Entemnotrochus
Sign in to saveEntemnotrochus is a genus of large to very large deepwater sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.
Species
Rumphius' slit shell
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderPleurotomariida
- FamilyPleurotomariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Pleurotomariidae
- Collections
- UF, USNM, NRM
- Recorded in
- United States, Bermuda, Solomon Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Extant Species
- Fossil species
- References
- External links
Entemnotrochus is a genus of large to very large deepwater sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.
==Extant Species== According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Entemnotrochus : Entemnotrochus adansonianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1861) Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879) Species brought into synonymy : Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)
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