Cirsotrema Mörch 1852

Cirsostrema is a genus of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as the wentletraps.^[1]

The type species of the family is Scalaria varicosa Lamarck, 1822.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

• Cirsotrema abbreviatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of Cirsotrema varicosum (Lamarck, 1822)
• Cirsotrema arcella Rehder, 1945: synonym of Cirsotrema dalli Rehder, 1945
• Cirsotrema attenuata Pease, 1860: synonym of Opalia bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Cirsotrema attenuatum Pease, 1860: synonym of Opalia attenuata (Pease, 1860)
• Cirsotrema bavayi DeBoury, 1913 : synonym of Cirsotrema varicosum (Lamarck, 1822)
• Cirsotrema benettorum [sic]: synonym of Cirsotrema bennettorum Garcia, 2000
• Cirsotrema cochlea (Sowerby G.B. II,1844): synonym of Cirsotrema pumiceum (Brocchi, 1814)
• Cirsotrema crassilabrum (G. B. Sowerby, 1844): synonym of Opalia crassilabrum (Sowerby, 1844)
• Cirsotrema douvillei Fenoux, 1937: synonym of Epitonium magellanicum (Philippi, 1845)
• Cirsotrema eximia (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of Epitonium eximium (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
• Cirsotrema fimbriata Kuroda & Habe, 1954: synonym of Cirsotrema fimbriatulum (Masahito, Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
• Cirsotrema forresti Dell, 1956 : synonym of Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866)
• Cirsotrema fragilis (Hanley, 1840), sensu Azuma, 1960: synonym of Epitonium tosaense (Azuma, 1962)
• Cirsotrema funiculata Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Opalia funiculata (Carpenter, 1857)
• Cirsotrema greenlandicum (Perry, 1811): synonym of Boreoscala greenlandica (Perry, 1811)
• Cirsotrema hidryma J. C. Melvill, 1899 : synonym of Opalia hidryma (Melvill, 1899)
• Cirsotrema invalida Verco, 1906 : synonym of Plastiscala invalida (Verco, 1906)
• Cirsotrema jolyi (Monterosato, 1878): synonym of Epitonium jolyi (Monterosato, 1878)
• Cirsotrema joubini (de Boury, 1913): synonym of Cirsotrema varicosum (Lamarck, 1822)
• Cirsotrema kagayai T. Habe & Ito, 1965: synonym of Cirsotrema mituokai (Ozaki, 1958)
• Cirsotrema kelea Iredale, 1930: synonym of Variciscala raricostata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Cirsotrema kieneri C. E. Tapparone-Canefri, 1876: synonym of Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1871)
• Cirsotrema kuroharai Kuroda in Azuma, 1960: synonym of Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda in Azuma, 1960
• Cirsotrema magellanica (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Epitonium magellanicum (Philippi, 1845)
• Cirsotrema mammosa (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Opalia mammosa (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Cirsotrema montereyensis (Dall, 1907): synonym of Opalia montereyensis (Dall, 1907)
• Cirsotrema morchi G. F. Angas, 1871 : synonym of Plastiscala morchi (Angas, 1871)
  • Cirsotrema morchi profundior Iredale, 1936: synonym of Plastiscala morchi profundior Iredale, 1936
• Cirsotrema multiperforatum Sowerby, 1874 : synonym of Cirsotrema varicosum (Lamarck, 1822)
• Cirsotrema obtusicostata (G.O. Sars, 1878): synonym of Acirsa coarctata (Jeffreys, 1884)
• Cirsotrema pallaryi de Boury, 1912: synonym of Cirsotrema cochlea (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Cirsotrema peltei (Viader, 1938): synonym of Rectacirsa peltei (Viader, 1938)
• Cirsotrema pentidesmium S. S. Berry, 1963: synonym of Cirsotrema vulpinum (Hinds, 1844)
• Cirsotrema perplexa W. H. Pease, 1860 : synonym of Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
• Cirsotrema pumicea (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of Cirsotrema cochlea (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Cirsotrema reevei Clessin, 1897: synonym of Boreoscala zelebori (Dunker, 1866): synonym of Cirsotrema zelebori (Dunker, 1866)
• Cirsotrema soror Odhner, 1919: synonym of Opalia soror (Odhner, 1919)
• Cirsotrema suturalis R. B. Hinds, 1844 : synonym of Plastiscala suturalis (Hinds, 1843)
• Cirsotrema undulata Sowerby, 1844 : synonym of Acirsa borealis (Lyell, 1841)

References

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