{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Tenebrincola | authority = Harasewych & Kantor, 1991{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}} | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}
'''''Tenebrincola''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|382307|''Tenebrincola'' Harasewych & Kantor, 1991||25 April 2010}}</ref> It is a Western Pacific abyssal genus, which is defined by a very thin, smooth shell, a radula of the fulgorarid type, and the presence of an operculum.<ref name="Bail et al. 2010">Bail, P., Chino, M. & Terryn, Y. (2010). ''The Family Volutidae. The endemic Far East Asian subfamily Fulgorariinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954. A revision of the recent species''. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: ''A Conchological Iconography''. 74 pp., 64 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, {{ISBN|978-3-939767-31-2}}.</ref> Its phylogenetic relationship with the Asian fulgorarids needs to be clarified. ==Species== Species within the genus ''Tenebrincola'' include:
* ''Tenebrincola cukri'' (Rokop, 1972)<ref>{{WRMS species|385501|''Tenebrincola cukri'' (Rokop, 1972)||25 April 2010}}</ref>
The species includes two populations: ''Tenebrincola cukri cukri'' (Rokop, 1972) - Baja California and ''Tenebrincola cukri frigida'' Harasewych & Kantor, 1991 - Aleutian Trench.<ref name="Bail et al. 2010"/>
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Category:Volutidae Category:Monotypic gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Yuri Izrailevich Kantor Category:Taxa named by Myroslaw Harasewych
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