Synaptocochlea

Synaptocochlea
	Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Fossarininae
Genus:	Synaptocochlea; Pilsbry, 1890
Type species
	Stomatella montrouzieri; Pilsbry, 1890
Synonyms
	Stomatella (Synaptocochlea) Pilsbry, 1890

Synaptocochlea is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]

Description

The oval shell is intermediate between Stomatella and Gena in contour. The very short spire is sub-marginal. The surface is spirally striated or decussated. The very large aperture is longer than it is wide. The animal has an operculum.^[3]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

Species

Species within the genus Synaptocochlea include:

Synaptocochlea asperulata (A. Adams, 1850)
Synaptocochlea belmonti Simone, 2009^[4]
Synaptocochlea caliginosa H. & A. Adams, 1863
Synaptocochlea concinna (Gould, 1845)
Synaptocochlea granosa (Lambert, 1874)
Synaptocochlea montrouzieri (Pilsbry, 1890)
Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)^[5]
Synaptocochlea pulchella (A. Adams, 1850)
Synaptocochlea stellata (Souverbie, 1863)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species ^[6]

Synaptocochlea hexagonum Philippi, 1850
Synaptocochlea tursicus Reeve, 1848

Species brought into synonymy

Synaptocochlea inconcinna auct. non Pilsbry, 1921: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synaptocochlea lactea Usticke, 1959: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synaptocochlea nigrita Rehder, 1939: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synaptocochlea picta (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1862): synonym of Synaptocochlea montrouzieri (Pilsbry, 1890)

References

^ Pilsbry H. A. (1890). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 12: 6.
^ Synaptocochlea Pilsbry, 1890. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
^ G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
^ Synaptocochlea belmonti Simone, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
^ Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
^ OBIS: Synaptocochlea

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

External links

Pilsbry, H. A. (1890-1891). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 12: Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fissurellidae. pp 1-323, pls 1-65. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences.

[1] Pilsbry H. A. (1890). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 12: 6.

[WoRMS-2] Synaptocochlea Pilsbry, 1890. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

[3] G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890

[4] Synaptocochlea belmonti Simone, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

[5] Synaptocochlea picta (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

[6] OBIS: Synaptocochlea

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