Published May 19, 2026 | Version v1
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Aenigmula Golding 2014

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China & Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China

Description

Genus

AenigmulaGolding, 2014

Diagnosis (Golding, 2014 b).

Shell small, glossy, ovate-conic, unsculptured, non-umbilicate; teardrop-shaped aperture lacking external varix. Protoconch dome-shaped. Operculum paucispiral, nucleus eccentric. Radula with curved, elongate lateral margins, single pair of basal denticles present.

Type species.

Aenigmula criscionei Golding, 2014, by original designation.

Type locality.

Rapid Creek, Darwin.

Notes

Published as part of Tang, Jiaze, Gong, Jihang, Han, Xiao, Fan, Yan, Zhang, Xinni & Kong, Lingfeng, 2026, Mitogenomic phylogeny of Truncatelloidea with description of Aenigmula sinensis Tang, Han & Kong, sp. nov. (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Truncatelloidea), pp. 357-378 in ZooKeys 1279 on pages 357-378, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1279.183841

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Golding
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Tornidae
Genus
Aenigmula
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Aenigmula Golding, 2014 sec. Tang, Gong, Han, Fan, Zhang & Kong, 2026