Dizoniopsis Explained

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

This genus was described by Sacco in 1895.

Species

Species in the genus Dizoniopsis include:

• Dizoniopsis abylensis Bouchet, Gofas & Warén, 2010
• Dizoniopsis apexclarus Rolán, 2007
• † Dizoniopsis aquitaniensis (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922)
• Dizoniopsis aspicienda Bouchet, Gofas & Warén, 2010
• † Dizoniopsis bilineata (Hoernes, 1848)
• † Dizoniopsis bilineatoides Gougerot & Le Renard, 1981 ^[2]
• † Dizoniopsis boucheti Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
• † Dizoniopsis brevicaput Lozouet, Lesport & Renard, 2001
• Dizoniopsis concatenata (Conti, 1864)
• Dizoniopsis coppolae (Aradas, 1870)
• Dizoniopsis gothica Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Dizoniopsis herberti Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Dizoniopsis herosae Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Dizoniopsis zannii Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018

Species brought into synonymy:

• Dizoniopsis micalii Cecalupo & Villari, 1997: synonym of Cerithiopsis micalii (Cecalupo & Villari, 1997)
• Dizoniopsis pulchella (Jeffreys, 1858): synonym of Cerithiopsis jeffreysi R. B. Watson, 1885

References

• Bouchet P., Gofas S. & Warén A. (2010). Notes on Mediterranean Dizoniopsis (Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae), with the description of two new species. Iberus 28(2): 51-62
• Cecalupo A. & Perugia I., 2018. Two new species of the Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda: Triphoroidea) for the Mediterranean Sea. Bolletino Malacologico 54: 56-60

External links

• Sacco, F. (1895) I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVII. (Cerithiidae, Triforidae, Cerithiopsidae e Diastomidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 83 pp., 3 pl

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137765 Dizoniopsis
2. Gougerot, L. & Le Renard, J., 1981. - XIV - La famille des Cerithiopsidae. In: Clef de détermination des petites espèces de gastéropodes de l'Eocène du Bassin de Paris. Cahiers des Naturalistes 36(2)("1980"): 17-44, sér. nouvelle série