# Filiscala

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***Filiscala*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of small [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Epitoniidae](/source/Epitoniidae), commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

## Species

Species within the genus *Filiscala* include:

- *[Filiscala raricosta](/source/Filiscala_raricosta)* (Lamarck, 1804)
- *[Filiscala youngi](/source/Filiscala_youngi)* (Kilburn, 1985)

**Species brought into synonymy**

- *Filiscala martinii* (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of *Filiscala raricosta* (Lamarck, 1804)

## References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Filiscala de Boury, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834230](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834230) on 2015-02-22

- [Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). *Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature*. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188](https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1)

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