Clypeostoma

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Seguenzioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Seguenziida
Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Clypeostoma
Species: C. elongatum – C. meteorae – C. nortoni – C. reticulatum – C. salpinx – C. townsendianum

Name

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  • Clypeostoma Herbert, 2012: 399
Type species: Turcica salpinx Barnard, 1964 (type by original designation).
Etymology: From Latin clypeus (a shield) and Greek stoma (a mouth); in reference to the shield-like inductural callus.

References

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  • Herbert, D.G. 2012: A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.