Granulopsis

Granulopsis is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Granulopsis
Shell of Granulopsis thelcterium (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Granulopsis
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
Type species
Callisteuma thelcterium Tomlin, 1929
Synonyms[1]

Callisteuma Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Callisteuma Prout, 1912 [Lepidoptera]; Granulopsis is a replacement name)

Species

Species in the genus Granulopsis include:

  • Granulopsis thelcterium (Tomlin, 1929)
  • Granulopsis vitisabrinae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granulopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595304 on 2021-01-08
  • Tomlin J.R. le B. (1929). Two new Cerithiopsidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Socierty of London. 18(6): 264
  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2012) Family Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 in the central Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). Quaderni della Civica Stazione Idrobiologica di Milano 30: 1-262


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