Schwartziella | |
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Three shells of Schwartziella catesbyana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Zebinidae |
Genus: | Schwartziella G. Nevill, 1881 [1] |
Type species | |
Rissoina orientalis G. Nevill, 1881 | |
Synonyms | |
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Schwartziella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae. [2]
The generic name Schwartziella is in honor of Gustav Franziskus Maria Schwartz von Mohrenstern. [1]
Schwartziella species have been found in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and Cape Verde, in the Indian Ocean, around Australia and New Zealand and in the Pacific Ocean. [2]
Species within the genus Schwartziella include:
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Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.
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Rissoina is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.
Stosicia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
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Zebinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.
Vitrinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.
Schwartziella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.