List of gastropods described in the 2000s

This list of gastropods described in the 2000s is a list of new species (and other new taxa) of gastropod mollusks (i.e. snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and land) that were described for the first time in the scientific literature during the time span from the year 2000 to the year 2009.

The number of newly described gastropod is enormous.

For example, in A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca (this includes all classes of molluscs, not only gastropods) there are 718 new records from this time span, which total unfortunately includes a number of synonyms.

[1] According to the World Register of Marine Species, 395 new marine gastropod taxa were introduced by the scientific and amateur communities worldwide in the year 2000, including new species, genera, and higher taxa.

[2] from Visaya 1(1): from Visaya 1(2): from American Malacological Bulletin: from Journal of Molluscan Studies: from Novapex: from Zootaxa: from Gloria Maris: from The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: from Zoosystema from Molluscan Research from Journal of Conchology: from Journal of Molluscan Studies from Journal of Natural History: from Zootaxa: from Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: from The Beagle: from Bulletins of American Paleontology: from Journal of Conchology: Previously discovered but undescribed gastropod taxa include: Discovered during this time period but still undescribed (as of 2009) gastropod taxa include:

Halgerda batangas , described by Carlson & Hoff in 2000
A live specimen of Halgerda batangas from Tulamben , Bali
A live specimen of Halgerda okinawa from Sulawesi
Apertural (left) and abapertural (right) views of a shell of Conus filmeri
Apertural (left) and abapertural (right) views of a shell of Conus flavusalbus
Apertural (left) and abapertural (right) views of a shell of Conus franciscoi
Apertural (left) and abapertural (right) views of a shell of Conus gabrielae
Apertural (left) and abapertural (right) views of a shell of Conus micropunctatus
Apertural (left) and abapertural (right) views of a shell of Conus trovaoi
A shell of Albinaria latelamellaris , described by Neubert, Örstan & Welter-Schultes in 2000
The scaly-foot gastropod , Chrysomallon squamiferum , was discovered in 2001, but it was described in 2015 .
The red sponge nudibranch, Rostanga elandsia
A shell of Tylomelania helmuti
Apical and umbilical view of a shell of Vitrea vereae
A shell of Tectus magnificus
A shell of Conus grohi
A shell of Conus medoci
A shell of Conus suduirauti
Side view of Tambja gabrielae described by Pola, Cervera & Gosliner in 2005
A shell of Perotrochus tosatoi
Apertural (left) and abapertural views of a shell of Conus escondiai
Detail of the cerata of Phyllodesmium rudmani
Different views of a shell of Bayertrochus philpoppei
Ercolania kencolesi inside Boergesenia cf. forbesii . The slug's length is about 0.5 cm.
An empty shell of Zoila friendii
A live specimen of Powelliphanta augusta
The ghost slug , Selenochlamys ysbryda
A live individual of the nudibranch Nembrotha rosannulata
Undescribed nudibranch from Davidson Seamount , later described as Bathydevius .