Teinostoma H. Adams & A. Adams 1853

Teinostoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Teinostomatidae.^[1][2]

This genus used to be placed within the family Skeneidae or family Tornidae(as subfamily Teinostomatinae Cossmann, 1917)

Shell description

The shells of species in this genus are usually white and glossy, are transparent when fresh, and are only a few millimeters in maximum size.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

Taxa inquirenda

• Teinostoma carpenteri A. Adams, 1861
• Teinostoma hidalgoana Pilsbry, 1895
• Teinostoma parvum (Stimpson, 1851) (nomen dubium)

Synonyms

• Teinostoma alfredensis Bartsch, 1915: synonym of Teinostoma africanum (E. A. Smith, 1904) (junior synonym)
• Teinostoma azoricum (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896): synonym of Seamountiella azorica (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
• Teinostoma bartschi Vanatta, 1913: synonym of Solariorbis infracarinatus (Gabb, 1881)
• † Teinostoma calliglyptum Dall, 1903: synonym of † Anticlimax calliglypta (Dall, 1903) (original combination)
• Teinostoma clavium Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945: synonym of Teinostoma semistriatum (d'Orbigny, 1842)
• Teinostoma cryptospira (A. E. Verrill, 1884): synonym of Teinostoma umbilicatum (H. C. Lea, 1843)
• Teinostoma dalli Dautzenberg, 1912 : synonym of Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872)
• Teinostoma emmeles Melvill, 1910: synonym of Eunaticina emmeles (Melvill, 1910)
• Teinostoma floridense (Dall, 1927): synonym of Cirsonella floridensis (Dall, 1927)
• Teinostoma funiculus Dall, 1892: synonym of Vitrinella funiculus (Dall, 1892)
• Teinostoma hondurasensis Vanatta, 1913: synonym of Solariorbis hondurasensis (Vanatta, 1913)
• Teinostoma involuta Hedley, 1902: synonym of Teinostoma involutum Hedley, 1902 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Teinostoma millepunctatum Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Teinostoma ciskae Faber, 1995
• Teinostoma modesta Dall, 1889: synonym of Dillwynella modesta (Dall, 1889)
• † Teinostoma opsitelotus Dall, 1892: synonym of † Vitrinella opsitelotus (Dall, 1892)
• Teinostoma orbitum Hedley, 1900: synonym of Caperella orbita (Hedley, 1900) (original combination)
• Teinostoma pilsbryi McGinty, 1945: synonym of Anticlimax pilsbryi (McGinty, 1945)
• Teinostoma proboscidea Aguayo, 1949: synonym of Anticlimax proboscidea (Aguayo, 1949)
• Teinostoma punctatum Jousseaume, 1872: synonym of Leucorhynchia punctata (Jousseaume, 1872)
• Teinostoma qualum Hedley, 1899: synonym of Munditiella qualum (Hedley, 1899)
• Teinostoma rotatum Hedley, 1899: synonym of Leucorhynchia rotata (Hedley, 1899) (original combination)
• Teinostoma salvania Dall, 1919: synonym of Vitrinella eshnaurae Bartsch, 1907
• Teinostoma sulcata [sic] : synonym of Pygmaeorota sulcata (A. Adams, 1850)
• Teinostoma schumoi Vanatta, 1913: synonym ofs Solariorbis schumoi (Vanatta, 1913)
• Teinostoma solida E. A. Smith, 1872: synonym of Teinostoma solidum E. A. Smith, 1872 (wrong grammatical agreement of species epithet)
• Teinostoma starkeyae Hedley, 1899: synonym of Starkeyna starkeyae (Hedley, 1899)
• Teinostoma sulcata [sic]: synonym of Pygmaeorota sulcata (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Circulus sulcatus (A. Adams, 1850) (incorrect gender ending)
• Teinostoma suppressa Dall, 1889: synonym of Cyclostremiscus suppressus (Dall, 1889)
• Teinostoma vesta Hedley, 1901: synonym of Vitrinella vesta (Hedley, 1901) (original combination)

References

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• 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
• Rubio F., Fernández-Garcés R. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus 29(2): 1-230.

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