Filiscala

Genus of gastropods

Filiscala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Filiscala

de Boury, 1911
Type species
Turbo martinii W. Wood, 1828
Species

See text.

Filiscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Filiscala include:

  • Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Filiscala youngi (Kilburn, 1985)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Filiscala de Boury, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834230 on 2015-02-22
  • Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188
Taxon identifiers
Filiscala
  • Wikidata: Q19597243
  • AFD: Filiscala
  • CoL: 7P3YQ
  • GBIF: 4612510
  • IRMNG: 1109531
  • Paleobiology Database: 60361
  • WoRMS: 834230


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