Cochliolepis Explained

Cochliolepis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold Discopsis as a valid genus, distinct from Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family Vitrinellidae and the former in Tornidae. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in Cochliolepis.

Species

Species within the genus Cochliolepis include:

• Cochliolepis adamsii (P. Fischer, 1857)
• Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966
• Cochliolepis catherinae Barnard, 1963
• † Cochliolepis differens Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011
• Cochliolepis holmesii (Dall, 1889)
• Cochliolepis militaris (Jousseaume, 1872)
• Cochliolepis nautiliformis (Holmes, 1859)
• Cochliolepis parasitica Stimpson, 1858
• Cochliolepis patricioi Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011
• Cochliolepis planispiralis Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011
• Cochliolepis planulata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
• Cochliolepis striata Dall, 1889
• Cochliolepis surinamensis Van Regteren Altena, 1966
• Cochliolepis tugelae Barnard, 1963

Species brought into synonymy:

• Cochliolepis albicerata Ponder, 1966 : synonym of Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966
• Cochliolepis antarctica Numanami, 1996: synonym of Zerotula antarctica (Numanami, 1996)
• Cochliolepis costulatus (de Folin, 1870): synonym of Discopsis costulatus de Folin, 1870
• Cochliolepis dautzenbergi Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of Discopsis dautzenbergi (Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
• Cochliolepis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912): synonym of Discopsis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912
• Cochliolepis jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of Discopsis jullieni (Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
• Cochliolepis radians Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of Discopsis radians (Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
• Cochliolepis reductus Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of Discopsis reductus (Rolán & Rubio, 1991)

References

• Stimpson W. (1858). A new form of parasitic gasteropodous Mollusca, called Cochliolepis parasiticus. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6: 307-309
• Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus. 29(2), 1-230

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196981 on 2014-12-10