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]
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Genus: | Temnocinclis McLean, 1989
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Species: | T. euripes
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Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989
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Temnocinclis euripes McLean, 1989 |
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