Cirsonella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Skeneidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cirsonella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138494 on 2012-05-23
Description (Original description by G. Angas) The minute, smooth shell is globosely turbinate. It is narrowly umbilicated. The aperture is circular. The continuous peristome is slightly thickened.G. Angas, Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1877
Species Species within the genus Cirsonella include: † Cirsonella aedicula Laws, 1936 Cirsonella africana (Bartsch, 1915) † Cirsonella ameliae Tabanelli, 1998 † Cirsonella amplector Laws, 1944 † Cirsonella aperta L. Hoffman & C. Little, 2025 Cirsonella ateles (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) Cirsonella carinata (Hedley, 1903) † Cirsonella congrua (Laws, 1941) Cirsonella consobrina Powell, 1930 Cirsonella cubitalis (Hedley, 1907) Cirsonella densilirata Suter, 1908 Cirsonella extrema Thiele, 1912 Cirsonella floridensis (Dall, 1927) † Cirsonella funata Lozouet, 1998 Cirsonella gaudryi (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896) Cirsonella georgiana (Dall, 1927) Cirsonella globosa (Pelseneer, 1903) Cirsonella kerguelensis Thiele, 1912 † Cirsonella laevis (R. M. Johnston, 1880) Cirsonella laxa Powell, 1937 Cirsonella maoria Powell, 1937 Cirsonella margaritiformis (Dall, 1927) Cirsonella micans (A. W. B. Powell, 1931) Cirsonella microscopia (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910) Cirsonella ovata Hedley, 1899 Cirsonella paradoxa Powell, 1937 Cirsonella parvula Powell, 1926 Cirsonella pisiformis Powell, 1937 † Cirsonella proava (Marwick, 1931) Cirsonella propelaxa Dell, 1956 Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954 Cirsonella romettensis (Granata-Grillo, 1877) Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940 Cirsonella waikukuensis Powell, 1937 † Cirsonella waimamakuica Laws, 1948 Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877) † Cirsonella zeornata Laws, 1948
Species brought into synonymy Cirsonella accelerans C. A. Fleming, 1948: synonym of Cirsonella variecostata Powell, 1940 Cirsonella australis Angas, 1877: synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1877) Cirsonella granum Murdoch and Suter, 1906: synonym of Lissotesta granum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) Cirsonella kerguelenensis [sic]: synonym of Cirsonella kerguelensis Thiele, 1912 Cirsonella lata (Laseron, 1954): synonym of Wanganella lata (Laseron, 1954) Cirsonella naticoides (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Cirsonella weldii (Tenison Woods, 1877) Cirsonella neozelanica Murdoch, 1899: synonym of Suterilla neozelanica (Murdoch, 1899) Cirsonella perplexa Laseron, 1954: synonym of Cirsonella reflecta Laseron, 1954 Cirsonella simplex Powell, 1937: synonym of Acremodontina simplex (Powell, 1937) Cirsonella translucida May, 1915: synonym of Acremodontina translucida (May, 1915)
References
Angas, 1877 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1877: 38 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11 : 1-109 Lozouet, P., 1998. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4): 61-102 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Further reading
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Taxonomicon info: