Anticlimax (gastropod)

Anticlimax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae within the superfamily Truncatelloidea.[1]

Anticlimax
Shell of Anticlimax cyclist (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Anticlimax
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
Type species
Teinostoma calliglyptum Dall, 1903
Synonyms[1]
  • Anticlimax (Subclimax) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1950 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Canimarina Aguayo & Borro, 1946
  • Climacia Dall, 1903 (Invalid: junior homonym of Climacia M'Lachlan, 1869 [Neuroptera]; Climacina and Anticlimax are replacement names)
  • Climacina Aguayo & Borro, 1946 (Invalid: junior homonym of Climacina Gemmellaro, 1878; Anticlimax is a replacement name)
  • Lioprora Laseron, 1958

Species

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Species within the genus Anticlimax include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Anticlimax (Subclimax) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1950: synonym of Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 (alternate representation)
  • Anticlimax (Subclimax) hispaniolensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1950: synonym of † Anticlimax hispaniolensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1950

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415062 on 2014-12-03
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