Sukashitrochus Explained

Sukashitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scissurellidae.

Species

Species within the genus Sukashitrochus include:

• Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Sukashitrochus carinatus (A. Adams, 1862) - type species
• Sukashitrochus dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)
• † Sukashitrochus estotiensis Lozouet, 1999
• † Sukashitrochus kaiparaensis (Laws, 1941)
• Sukashitrochus lyallensis (Finlay, 1926)
• Sukashitrochus morleti (Crosse, 1880) - synonyms: Sukashitrochus indonesicus Bandel, 1998; Sukashitrochus simplex Bandel, 1998
• † Sukashitrochus ngatutura (Laws, 1936)
• Sukashitrochus pulcher (Petterd, 1884)
• † Sukashitrochus saubadae Lozouet, 1998
• † Sukashitrochus terquemi (Deshayes, 1865)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Sukashitrochus armillatus (Yaron, 1983): synonym of Sukashitrochus dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)
• Sukashitrochus indonesicus Bandel, 1998: synonym of Sukashitrochus morleti (Crosse, 1880)
• Sukashitrochus maraisi Herbert, 1986: synonym of Sukashitrochus dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)
• Sukashitrochus mirandus (A. Adams, 1862): synonym of Sinezona miranda (A. Adams, 1862) (nomen dubium)
• Sukashitrochus simplex Bandel, 1998: synonym of Sukashitrochus morleti (Crosse, 1880)
• Sukashitrochus tasmanicus (Petterd, 1879): synonym of Sukashitrochus atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Sukashitrochus tricarinatus (Yaron, 1983): synonym of Sukashitrochus dorbignyi (Audouin, 1826)

References

• Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.

External links

• Geiger D. L. (2003). "Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species from Easter Island and Australia". Molluscan Research 23(1): 21-83., abstract. PDF.
• Haszprunaer G. (1988). "Sukashitrochus sp., a scissurellid with heteropod-like locomotion (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 90B: 367-371. PDF.