Opeatostoma | |
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A shell of Opeatostoma pseudodon . | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Subfamily: | Peristerniinae |
Genus: | Opeatostoma Berry, 1958 [1] |
Opeatostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. [2]
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 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 hierarchical 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".
Species within the genus Opeatostoma include:
Assiminea is a genus of minute, salt-tolerant snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae.
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda.
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.
Acanthina, common name the unicorn snails, is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Crucibulum, common name the cup-and-saucer snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.
Tiariturris spectabilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Euterebra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Gemmula, common name the gem turrids, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Ptychosyrinx is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Hindsiclava is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,
Knefastia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Solenosteira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Pustulatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Mitromica is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.
Subcancilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitroidea.
Acanthotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Pteropurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Tiariturris is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Lapsigyrus is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
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