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Gemophos

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Gemophos
Gemophos viverratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Gemophos
(Kiener, 1834)
Type species
Buccinum gemmatum Reeve, 1846
Synonyms

Cantharus (Gemophos) Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Gemophos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Gemophos include:

References

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  1. ^ Gemophos. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2011.
  2. ^ Gemophos auritulus (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Vermeij G.J. 2006. The Cantharus group of pisaniine buccinid gastropods: review of the Oligocene to Recent genera and description of some new species of Gemophos and Hesperisternia. Cainozoic Research 4(1): 71-96