Filiscala
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.346967 - Amaea martinii (Wood, 1828) - Epitoniidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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| image_caption = Shell of Filiscala raricosta (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
| superfamilia = Epitonioidea
| familia = Epitoniidae
| genus = Filiscala
| genus_authority = de Boury, 1911
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
| synonyms =
| type_species= Turbo martinii W. Wood, 1828
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Filiscala is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.Bouchet, P. (2015). Filiscala de Boury, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834230 on 2015-02-22
Species
Species within the genus Filiscala include:
- Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
- Filiscala youngi (Kilburn, 1985)
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
References
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- [https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188]
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