Biology:Costulopsis albocincta

Short description: Species of gastropod

Costulopsis albocincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Triphoroidea
Family:	Cerithiopsidae
Genus:	Costulopsis
Species:	C. albocincta
Binomial name
Costulopsis albocincta (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms
Bittium albocinctum Melvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination) Joculator albocinctum (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

Costulopsis albocincta is a species of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.

It was described by Melvill and Standen in 1896.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

References

• Cecalupo A. & Robba E. (2019). Costulopsis nom. nov., a replacement name for the Gastropoda genus Nanopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2010 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithiopsidae), preoccupied by Nanopsis Henningsmoen, 1954 (Arthropoda: Ostracoda: Beyrichiidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 55(1): 65-67.

External links

• Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology. 8: 273-315

Wikidata ☰ Q13373305 entry