Mikadotrochus
Encyclopedia
Mikadotrochus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Pleurotomariidae
, the slit snails.
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...
Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae, common name the '"slit snails", is a family of large marine gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda. This family is very ancient; there were numerous species in the geological past. It is currently represented by a group of species that live only in deep water...
, the slit snails.
Species
Species within the genus Mikadotrochus include:- Mikadotrochus anseeuwi (Kanazawa & Y. Goto, 1991)
- Mikadotrochus beyrichiiMikadotrochus beyrichiiMikadotrochus beyrichii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
(Hilgendorf, 1877) - Mikadotrochus caledonicus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)
- Mikadotrochus deforgesi B. Métivier, 1990
- Mikadotrochus gotoi (Anseeuw, 1990)
- Mikadotrochus hiraseiMikadotrochus hiraseiMikadotrochus hirasei is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.-Description:...
hirasei (Pilsbry, 1903)- Mikadotrochus hirasei yamamotoi (A. Yamamoto, 1993), Species inquirenda
- Mikadotrochus mikadotrochus Pilsbry
- Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle, 1887)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Mikadotrochus amabilis Bayer, 1963 : synonym of Perotrochus amabilisPerotrochus amabilisPerotrochus amabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
(Bayer, 1963) - Mikadotrochus oishii T. Shikama, 1973 : synonym of Perotrochus oishii (Shikama, 1973)
- Mikadotrochus schmalzi T. Shikama, 1961 : synonym of Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle, 1899)
Further reading
- Williams, S.T., Karube, S. & Ozawa, T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37, 483–506