Thysanodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Thysanodonta
Shell of Thysanodonta diadema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Thysanodonta
Marshall, 1988
Type species
Thysanodonta aucklandica Marshall, B.A., 1988

Distribution edit

Species of this marine genus can be found off New Zealand and New Caledonia.

Species edit

Species within the genus Thysanodonta include:

References edit

  • Marshall B.A. (1988) Thysanodontinae: A new subfamily of the Trochidae (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 215–229. page(s): 217
  • Marshall, B. A. (1998). Food and feeding mode of Thysanodontinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae. Molluscan Research. 19 (1): 69–72.