Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.[1]
Description
(Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Cirsonella include:
- † Cirsonella aedicula Laws, 1936
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Cirsonella africana (Bartsch, 1915)
- † Cirsonella amplector Laws, 1944
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Cirsonella ateles (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
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Cirsonella carinata (Hedley, 1903)
- † Cirsonella congrua (Laws, 1941)
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Cirsonella consobrina Powell, 1930
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Cirsonella cubitalis (Hedley, 1907)
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Cirsonella densilirata Suter, 1908
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Cirsonella extrema Thiele, 1912
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Cirsonella floridensis (Dall, 1927)
- † Cirsonella funata Lozouet, 1998
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Cirsonella gaudryi (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
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Cirsonella georgiana (Dall, 1927)
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Cirsonella globosa (Pelseneer, 1903)
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Cirsonella kerguelenensis Thiele, 1912
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Cirsonella lata (Laseron, 1954)
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Cirsonella laxa Powell, 1937
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Cirsonella maoria Powell, 1937
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Cirsonella margaritiformis (Dall, 1927)
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Cirsonella microscopia (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910)
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Cirsonella ovata Hedley, 1899
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Cirsonella paradoxa Powell, 1937
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Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926
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Cirsonella pisiformis Powell, 1937
- † Cirsonella proava (Marwick, 1931)
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Cirsonella propelaxa Dell, 1956
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Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954
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Cirsonella romettensis (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
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Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940
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Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937
- † Cirsonella waimamakuica Laws, 1948
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Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
- † Cirsonella zeornata Laws, 1948
- Species brought into synonymy
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Cirsonella accelerans C. A. Fleming, 1948: synonym of Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940
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Cirsonella australis Angas, 1877: synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
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Cirsonella granum Murdoch and Suter, 1906: synonym of Lissotesta granum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
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Cirsonella kerguelenensis [sic]: synonym of Cirsonella kerguelensis Thiele, 1912
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Cirsonella naticoides (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison Woods, 1877)
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Cirsonella neozelanica Murdoch, 1899: synonym of Suterilla neozelanica (Murdoch, 1899)
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Cirsonella perplexa Laseron, 1954: synonym of Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954
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Cirsonella simplex Powell, 1937: synonym of Acremodontina simplex (Powell, 1937)
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Cirsonella translucida May, 1915: synonym of Acremodontina translucida (May, 1915)
References
- Angas, 1877 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1877: 38
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109
- Lozouet, P., 1998. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4): 61-102
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp