Bothropoma isseli | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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Species: | B. isseli |
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Bothropoma isseli Thiele, 1929 | |
Bothropoma isseli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. [1]
In biology, a species ( ) is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.
Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in salt water, in other words marine gastropods. The taxonomic class Gastropoda also includes snails that live in other habitats, such as land snails and freshwater snails. Many species of sea snails are edible and exploited as food sources by humans.
Family is one of the eight major hierarcical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".
The size of the shell reaches 2.5 mm.
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This species occurs in the Red Sea.
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are actually gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails that over evolutionary time have either completely lost their shells, or have seemingly lost their shells due to having a greatly reduced or internal shell. The name "sea slug" is most often applied to nudibranchs, as well as to a paraphyletic set of other marine gastropods without obvious shells.
Cingulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Hinemoa is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae, within the family Pyramidellidae.
Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea.
Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Bothropoma decoratum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Bothropoma mundum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Bothropoma pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Bothropoma ponsonbyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Bothropoma rhysopoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Emiliotia rubrostriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Bothropoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.
Emiliotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.
Peasiella isseli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Peasiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Cingulina isseli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Bothropoma bellulum is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.
Merulina is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the southern central Pacific Ocean. Merulina ampliata is the type species.
Eucithara isseli is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
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