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Cotonopsis

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Cotonopsis
Cotonopsis lafresnayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Cotonopsis
Olsson, 1942
Type species
Strombina panacostaricensis Olsson, A.A., 1942
Synonyms[1]
  • Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) Olsson, 1942· accepted, alternate representation
  • Cotonopsis (Turrina) P. Jung, 1989· accepted, alternate representation

Cotonopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Cotonopsis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cotonopsis allaryi Bozzetti, 2010: synonym of Cotonopsis saintpairiana (Caillet, 1864)
  • Cotonopsis edentula (Dall, 1908): synonym of Cotonopsis filbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
  • Cotonopsis vanwalleghemi Kronenberg & Dekker, 1998:[2] synonym of Cotonopsis phuketensis (Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998)

References

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  • Jung P. (1989) Revision of the Strombina-Group (Gastropoda: Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111: 1-298
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