Cochliolepis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196981 on 2014-12-10
Taxonomy Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold Discopsis as a valid genus, distinct from Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family Vitrinellidae and the former in Tornidae. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in Cochliolepis.
Species Species within the genus Cochliolepis include: Cochliolepis adamsii (P. Fischer, 1857) Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966 Cochliolepis catherinae Barnard, 1963 † Cochliolepis differens Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011 Cochliolepis holmesii (Dall, 1889) Cochliolepis militaris (Jousseaume, 1872) Cochliolepis nautiliformis (Holmes, 1859) Cochliolepis parasitica Stimpson, 1858 Cochliolepis patricioi Rubio, Rolán & Lee, 2011 Cochliolepis planispiralis Rubio, Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2011 Cochliolepis planulata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892) Cochliolepis striata Dall, 1889 Cochliolepis surinamensis Van Regteren Altena, 1966 Cochliolepis tugelae Barnard, 1963 Species brought into synonymy Cochliolepis albicerata Ponder, 1966 : synonym of Cochliolepis albiceratus Ponder, 1966 Cochliolepis antarctica Numanami, 1996: synonym of Zerotula antarctica (Numanami, 1996) Cochliolepis costulatus (de Folin, 1870): synonym of Discopsis costulatus de Folin, 1870 Cochliolepis dautzenbergi Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of Discopsis dautzenbergi (Adam & Knudsen, 1969) Cochliolepis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912): synonym of Discopsis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912 Cochliolepis jullieni Adam & Knudsen, 1969: synonym of Discopsis jullieni (Adam & Knudsen, 1969) Cochliolepis radians Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of Discopsis radians (Rolán & Rubio, 1991) Cochliolepis reductus Rolán & Rubio, 1991: synonym of Discopsis reductus (Rolán & Rubio, 1991)
References
Stimpson W. (1858). A new form of parasitic gasteropodous Mollusca, called Cochliolepis parasiticus. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 6: 307-309 Rubio, F.; Fernández-Garcés, R.; Rolán, E. (2011). The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus. 29(2), 1-230
External links
To World Register of Marine Species