Microstelma

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Microstelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Rissoinidae
Genus:
Microstelma

A. Adams, 1863
Type species
Microstelma daedalumA. Adams, 1863
Synonyms
  • AmaurellaA. Adams, 1867
  • CrepitacellaGuppy, 1867
  • DolophanesGabb, 1873
  • Stylifer (Amaurella)

Microstelma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoinidae. [1]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

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.

Micromollusk

A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small dimensions.

Species

Species within the genus Microstelma include:

Microstelma columbella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.

Microstelma vestale is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.

Species brought into synonymy

Costaclis egregia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eulimidae.

Punctulum flavum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

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References

  1. ↑ Microstelma A. Adams, 1863 . WoRMS (2009). Microstelma. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390836 on 7 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Microstelma columbella (Dall, 1881) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Microstelma Oshikatai Lan, 2003 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Microstelma vestale (Rehder, 1943) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 August 2010.


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