Cerithiovermetus aqabensis

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Cerithiovermetus aqabensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Family: Vermetidae
Subfamily: Vermetinae
Genus: Cerithiovermetus
Species:C. aqabensis
Binomial name
Cerithiovermetus aqabensis
Bandel, 2006 [1]

Cerithiovermetus aqabensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [2]

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 common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

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References

  1. Bandel. 2006. Freiberger Forschungshefte, Reihe C, 511 : 59-137. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. Cerithiovermetus aqabensis Bandel, 2006 . WoRMS (2009). Cerithiovermetus aqabensis Bandel, 2006. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396620 on 9 July 2010.