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Circulus Jeffreys, 1865

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Brit. Conch., 3

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Littorinimorpha
family
Vitrinellidae
genus
Circulus

Name

Synonyms
Circlotoma Laseron, 1958
Cyrculus Tiberi, 1872
Elachorbis Iredale, 1915
Lydiphnis Melvill, 1906
Pygmaeorota Kuroda & Habe, 1954
Pygmaerota Kuroda & Habe, 1952
Soyorota Habe, 1961
Homonyms
Circulus Jeffreys, 1865
Common names
Cirkelhorens in Dutch
고리소용돌이고둥속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Brit. Conch., 3
  3. Govoni, D. L., Crowley, K. D., Hansen, T. A. & Allmon, W. D. (2025). Gastropod mollusks from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> No. 412: 1-103, text-figs. 1-60.
  4. Govoni, D. L., Crowley, K. D., Hansen, T. A. & Allmon, W. D. (2025). Gastropod mollusks from the Brightseat Formation (Paleocene: Danian) of Maryland. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> No. 412: 1-103, text-figs. 1-60.
  5. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase (2023 version). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
  6. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase (2023 version). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Oliver J.D. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic, 2. Circulinae. <i>Iberus</i> 29(1): 9-33.
  10. Oliver J.D. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic, 2. Circulinae. <i>Iberus</i> 29(1): 9-33.
  11. Ponder, W. F. (1994). The anatomy and relationships of three species of vitrinelliform gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Hong Kong. In: <i>The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Proceedings of the Third International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong</i> (B. Morton, ed.), pp. 243-281. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 243-281.
  12. Ponder, W. F. (1994). The anatomy and relationships of three species of vitrinelliform gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Hong Kong. In: <i>The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Proceedings of the Third International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong</i> (B. Morton, ed.), pp. 243-281. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 243-281.
  13. Rubio, F. & Rolán, E. (2022). <i>New species of Vitrinellidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Indo-Pacific. The genus </i>Circulus<i> Jeffreys, 1865</i>. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Santiago de Compostela. 422 pp.
  14. Rubio, F. & Rolán, E. (2022). <i>New species of Vitrinellidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Indo-Pacific. The genus </i>Circulus<i> Jeffreys, 1865</i>. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Santiago de Compostela. 422 pp.
  15. SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001
  16. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560.
  17. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
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