Specula (gastropod)

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Specula
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Specula copiosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Specula
Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Cerithiopsis styliformis
Suter, 1908

Specula is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae. [2]

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Species

Species in the genus Specula include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Finlay (1926). Trans. N. Zealand Inst.57: 382.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Specula Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591966 on 2012-06-16