Aorotrema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae within the superfamily Truncatelloidea.[1]

Aorotrema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Aorotrema
Schwengel & McGinty, 1942
Type species
Cyclostrema pontogenes Schwengel & McGinty, 1942
Synonyms

Cyclostrema (Aorotrema) Schwengel & T. L. McGinty, 1942 (original combination)

Species

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Species within the genus Aorotrema include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Aorotrema erraticum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945: synonym of Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791

References

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  1. Bouchet, P. (2013). Aorotrema Schwengel & McGinty, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415064 on 2013-08-27
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