Biology:Gregorioiscala

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Gregorioiscala
Shell of Gregorioiscala barazeri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Gregorioiscala Cossmann, 1912
Type species
† Scalaria (Bria) romettensis de Gregorio, 1889
Synonyms
Compressiscala Masahito & Habe, 1976 Gregoriiscala [sic] (original misspelling) Gregorioscala [sic] (misspelling) Punctiscala (Gregorioiscala) Cossmann, 1912 (original rank) Scala (Pseudacirsa) Kobelt, 1903 † Scalaria (Bria) de Gregorio, 1889 (invalid: junior homonym of Bria Giebel, 1856 [Diptera]; Gregorioiscala is a replacement name)

Gregorioiscala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

Species

Species within the genus Funiscala include:

• Gregorioiscala annectens (Powell, 1951)
• Gregorioiscala barazeri Garcia, 2004
• Gregorioiscala crosnieri Garcia, 2004
• Gregorioiscala exfoliata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Gregorioiscala federicoi Bonfitto, 2020
• Gregorioiscala fredericqae Garcia, 2004
• Gregorioiscala japonica (Masahito & Habe, 1976)
• Gregorioiscala levismaculosa Garcia, 2004
• Gregorioiscala nevillei Garcia, 2003
• Gregorioiscala nierstraszi (Schepman, 1909)
• Gregorioiscala pachya (Locard, 1897)
• Gregorioiscala pimentai S. Lima & Christoffersen, 2014
• Gregorioiscala polii Cossignani, 2020
• Gregorioiscala sarsii (Kobelt, 1903)
• Gregorioiscala transkeiana (Kilburn, 1985)
• Gregorioiscala unilateralis (Martens, 1902)
• Gregorioiscala xanthotaenia Garcia, 2004

Species brought into synonymy

• Gregorioiscala burchorum (DuShane, 1988): synonym of Opalia burchorum DuShane, 1988
• Gregorioiscala pimentai S. Lima, Christoffersen, Barros & Folly, 2012: synonym of Gregorioiscala pimentai S. Lima & Christoffersen, 2014 (unavailable name)

References

• Garcia, E., 2004. - New records of Opalia-like mollusks (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of fourteen new species. Novapex 5(1): 1-18

External links

• Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls
• de Gregorio A. (1889). Iconografia conchiologica Mediterranea vivente et terziaria. Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie. 6: 1-11, 1 pl.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

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