Clinura Explained

Clinura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of Clinura vitrea off the Taninbar Islands, Indonesia.

Species

Species within the genus Clinura include:

• † Clinura calliope Brocchi, G.B., 1814
• † Clinura circumfossa (Koenen, 1872) ^[1]
• † Clinura controversa Jan
• † Clinura generosa (Marwick, 1931)
• † Clinura sabatorium Bellardi, 1875 ^[2]
• † Clinura sopronensis Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 ^[3]
• † Clinura subtrochlearis Friedberg, 1912 ^[4]
• † Clinura trochlearis Hoernes, 1856
• Clinura vitrea Sysoev, 1997

Species brought into synonymy:

• † Clinura elegantissima (Foresti, 1868): synonym of Teretia elegantissima (Forresti, 1868)
• Clinura hosoi (Okutani, 1964): synonym of Crassispira hosoi (Okutani, 1964)
• Clinura monochorda Dall, 1908: synonym of Anticlinura monochorda (Dall, 1908) (original combination)
• Clinura peruviana Dall, 1908: synonym of Anticlinura peruviana (Dall, 1908) (original combination)

External links

• Beets, C., 1942b. Notizen über Thatcheria Angas, Clinura Bellardi und Clinuropsis Vincent. Leidsche Geol. Meded., vol. 13, pp. 356-367
• A.J. Charig, The Gastropod Genus Thatcheria and its Relationships; Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 7 # 9 (1963)
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae

Notes and References

1. Koenen, A. von (1885) — Über eine paleocäne Fauna von Kopenhagen, I Theil; Abh. d.k. Ges. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen, Bd. 32 (80 S.)
2. Bellardi, L. e Sacco, F. (1872—1904) — I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria; Lief. 1—30.
3. Hoernes, R. und Auinger, M. (1879) —Die Gastropoden der Meeresablagerungen der I und II Mediterranstufe in der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie; Abh. k. k. geol. Beichsanst., 12.
4. Friedberg, W. (1912) — Miçczaki miocenskie ziem Polskich (mollusca miocenia poloniae), Lief. 2, S. 113—240; Museum im. Dzieduszyckich, T. 14