Clinura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was only known from fossils from the Cenozoic era until 1997 when Sysoev found a specimen of Clinura vitrea off the Taninbar Islands, Indonesia.
Species Species within the genus Clinura include: † Clinura calliope Brocchi, G.B., 1814 † Clinura circumfossa (Koenen, 1872) Koenen, A. von (1885) — Über eine paleocäne Fauna von Kopenhagen, I Theil; Abh. d.k. Ges. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen, Bd. 32 (80 S.) † Clinura controversa Jan † Clinura generosa (Marwick, 1931) † Clinura sabatorium Bellardi, 1875 Bellardi, L. e Sacco, F. (1872—1904) — I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria; Lief. 1—30. † Clinura sopronensis Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 Hoernes, R. und Auinger, M. (1879) — Die Gastropoden der Meeresablagerungen der I und II Mediterranstufe in der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie; Abh. k. k. geol. Beichsanst., 12. † Clinura subtrochlearis Friedberg, 1912 Friedberg, W. (1912) — Miçczaki miocenskie ziem Polskich (mollusca miocenia poloniae), Lief. 2, S. 113—240; Museum im. Dzieduszyckich, T. 14 † Clinura trochlearis Hoernes, 1856 Clinura vitrea Sysoev, 1997 Species brought into synonymy † Clinura elegantissima (Foresti, 1868): synonym of Teretia elegantissima (Forresti, 1868) Clinura hosoi (Okutani, 1964): synonym of Crassispira hosoi (Okutani, 1964) Clinura monochorda Dall, 1908: synonym of Anticlinura monochorda (Dall, 1908) (original combination) Clinura peruviana Dall, 1908: synonym of Anticlinura peruviana (Dall, 1908) (original combination)
References
External links Beets, C., 1942b. Notizen über Thatcheria Angas, Clinura Bellardi und Clinuropsis Vincent. Leidsche Geol. Meded., vol. 13, pp. 356-367 A.J. Charig, The Gastropod Genus Thatcheria and its Relationships; Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 7 # 9 (1963)
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae