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Smenodonta Roosen, Salvador & Breure, 2025
1797670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1797670)
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Genus
Helix janeirensis L. Pfeiffer, 1852 accepted as Smenodonta janeirensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1852) (type by original designation)
feminine
Roosen, M. T.; Salvador, R. B.; Breure, A. S. (2025). Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 3: Entodina Ancey, 1887, Keranella gen. nov., Martinella Jousseaume, 1887, †Patagocharopa Miquel & P.E. Rodriguez, 2016, Polygyratia Gray, 1847, Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020, Smenodonta gen. nov., Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855, and Zilchistrophia Weyrauch, 1960. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 45(3): 430-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.61733/jconch/4536
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Etymology From Ancient Greek “smênos” (σμῆνος), meaning beehive, which is an allusion to the shape of these snails’...
Etymology From Ancient Greek “smênos” (σμῆνος), meaning beehive, which is an allusion to the shape of these snails’ shells like an old-fashioned beehive [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Smenodonta Roosen, Salvador & Breure, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1797670 on 2025-03-09
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Roosen, M. T.; Salvador, R. B.; Breure, A. S. (2025). Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 3: Entodina Ancey, 1887, Keranella gen. nov., Martinella Jousseaume, 1887, †Patagocharopa Miquel & P.E. Rodriguez, 2016, Polygyratia Gray, 1847, Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020, Smenodonta gen. nov., Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855, and Zilchistrophia Weyrauch, 1960. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 45(3): 430-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.61733/jconch/4536
page(s): 440 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology From Ancient Greek “smênos” (σμῆνος), meaning beehive, which is an allusion to the shape of these snails’ shells like an old-fashioned beehive [details]
