Temnocinclis
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| Temnocinclis | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Genus: | Temnocinclis McLean, 1989 |
| Species: | T. euripes |
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| Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989 | |
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| Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989 | |
Temnocinclis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in family Sutilizonidae containing the single species Temnocinclis euripes.[1] This mollusc, a species of slit-limpet that measures up to four millimeters long, lives at hydrothermal vents.[2]
Species
[edit]- Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989
References
[edit]- ^ Temnocinclis McLean, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ^ McLean, J. H. (1989). New slit-limpets from hydrothermal vents, Part 1.
- 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