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Ventral view of a shell of Elachorbis tatei, the type species of the genus Elachorbis. [2] | |
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Elachorbis is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tornidae. [3] [4]
The exact placement of this genus has long been contested.
Tom Iredale established Elachorbis in 1914 within the family Liotiidae. [2] Cotton (1945) [5] also classified Elachorbis within the family Liotiidae. Powell (1979) [1] and ITIS (2011) [6] classified Elachorbis within the family Cyclostrematidae (which is a synonym of Liotiidae). [7]
Various authors have classified this genus in the Skeneidae, which is now the Skeneinae, a subfamily within the Turbinidae.[ citation needed]
The genus Elachorbis is sometimes referred to the subfamily Vitrinellinae within the family Tornidae. [3] [4] However, Elachorbis is also sometimes considered to be a synonym of Circulus; [4] Circulus is the type genus of the subfamily Circulinae within the Tornidae. [7]
Species within the genus Elachorbis include:
Elachorbis Temporal range:
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Ventral view of a shell of Elachorbis tatei, the type species of the genus Elachorbis. [2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Elachorbis |
Species | |
See text |
Elachorbis is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tornidae. [3] [4]
The exact placement of this genus has long been contested.
Tom Iredale established Elachorbis in 1914 within the family Liotiidae. [2] Cotton (1945) [5] also classified Elachorbis within the family Liotiidae. Powell (1979) [1] and ITIS (2011) [6] classified Elachorbis within the family Cyclostrematidae (which is a synonym of Liotiidae). [7]
Various authors have classified this genus in the Skeneidae, which is now the Skeneinae, a subfamily within the Turbinidae.[ citation needed]
The genus Elachorbis is sometimes referred to the subfamily Vitrinellinae within the family Tornidae. [3] [4] However, Elachorbis is also sometimes considered to be a synonym of Circulus; [4] Circulus is the type genus of the subfamily Circulinae within the Tornidae. [7]
Species within the genus Elachorbis include: