Entemnotrochus

Entemnotrochus is a genus of large to very large deepwater sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.^[1]

Entemnotrochus
A shell of Entemnotrochus rumphii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Pleurotomariida
Superfamily:	Pleurotomarioidea
Family:	Pleurotomariidae
Genus:	Entemnotrochus Fischer, 1885
Type species
Pleurotomaria adansoniana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861
Synonyms
Pleurotomaria (Entemnotrochus) P. Fischer, 1885

Extant Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Entemnotrochus :^[2]

• Entemnotrochus adansonianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1861)
• Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)

Species brought into synonymy

• Entemnotrochus urashima Shikama & Oishi in Shikama, 1977 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphii (Schepman, 1879)

Fossil species

• Entemnotrochus ozakii Kase & Katayama, 1981
• Entemnotrochus panchangwui Lin, 1975
• Entemnotrochus Shikamai Kanie, 1973
• Entemnotrochus siuyingae Lin, 1975