Clypeomorus

Clypeomorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cerithiinae of the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Clypeomorus
Shell of Clypeomorus pellucida (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888
Type species
Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, F.P., 1888
Synonyms[1]
Cerithium (Clypeomorus) Jousseaume, 1888

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Marshall Islands: off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia)

Species

Species within the genus Clypeomorus include:

• Clypeomorus admirabilis Houbrick, 1985^[2]
• Clypeomorus adunca (Gould, 1849)^[3]
• † Clypeomorus alasaensis Wissema, 1947
• Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966^[4]
• Clypeomorus bifasciata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)^[5]
• Clypeomorus brevis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)^[6]
• Clypeomorus inflata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)^[7]
• Clypeomorus irrorata (Gould, 1849)^[8]
• Clypeomorus isselii (Pagenstecher, 1877)
• Clypeomorus nympha Houbrick, 1985^[9]
• Clypeomorus pellucida (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)^[10]
• Clypeomorus petrosa (Wood, 1828)
• Clypeomorus purpurastoma Houbrick, 1985^[11]
• Clypeomorus subbrevicula (Oöstingh, 1925)^[12]
• † Clypeomorus tjilonganensis (K. Martin, 1899)
• † Clypeomorus verbeekii (Woodward, 1880)^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• Clypeomorus bifasciatum [sic]: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
• Clypeomorus caeruleum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855): synonym of Cerithium caeruleum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
• Clypeomorus chemnitziana (Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of Clypeomorus petrosa chemnitziana (Pilsbry, 1901)
• Clypeomorus clypeomorus Jousseaume, 1888: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
• Clypeomorus concisus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852): synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
• Clypeomorus coralium (Kiener, 1841): synonym of Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841
• Clypeomorus gennesi (H. Fischer & Vignal, 1901): synonym of Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
• Clypeomorus moniliferus (Kiener, 1841): synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966
• Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
• Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
• Clypeomorus petrosa (Wood, 1828): synonym of Clypeomorus petrosa petrosa (Wood, 1828)
• Clypeomorus traillii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855): synonym of Cerithium traillii G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
• Clypeomorus tuberculatus (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Cerithium tuberculatum (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Clypeomorus zonatus (Wood, 1828): synonym of Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)