Irenosyrinx
Encyclopedia
Irenosyrinx is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Cochlespiridae
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This genus has become a synonym of Aforia
Dall, 1889
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cochlespiridae
Cochlespiridae
Cochlespiridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence between the molecular and shell characters. Its limits are uncertain...
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This genus has become a synonym of Aforia
Aforia
Aforia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae. -Species:Species within the genus Aforia include:* Aforia abyssalis Sysoev & Kantor, 1987* Aforia circinata...
Dall, 1889
Species
Species within the genus Irenosyrinx include:- Irenosyrinx hypomelaIrenosyrinx hypomelaIrenosyrinx hypomela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. -Distribution:This species is found in European waters along the British Isles, in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa and the Sargasso Sea, and in the Caribbean Sea along Cuba.-References:*...
(Dall, 1889)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Irenosyrinx crebristriata Dall, 1908 : synonym of Aforia crebristriataAforia crebristriataAforia crebristriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae....
(Dall, 1908) - Irenosyrinx tenerrima : synonym of Irenosyrinx hypomela (Dall, 1889)