Xeniostoma

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Xeniostoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Xeniostoma
McLean, 2012 [1]

Xeniostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban 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 common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in saltwater, 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 hierarcical 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".

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Species

Species within the genus Xeniostoma include: [2]

Related Research Articles

Calliostomatidae family of molluscs

Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.

Trochoidea (superfamily)

Trochoidea is a superfamily of small to very large vetigastropod sea snails with gills and an operculum. Species within this superfamily have nacre as the inner shell layer. The families within this superfamily include the Trochidae, the top snails. This superfamily is the largest vetigastropodan superfamily, containing more than 2,000 species.

Venustatrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.

Calliostomatinae is a subfamily of gastropods, belonging to the family Calliostomatidae.

Macrarene is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Carinator is a monotypic genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Dymares is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Fluxina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Neocalliostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Photinastoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Sinutor is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Tropidotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Calliostoma bernardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Calliostoma gordanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Calliostoma jacquelinae, common name Jacqueline's calliostoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Calliostoma keenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Calliostoma titanium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Calliostoma veleroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Xeniostoma inexpectans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.

Maurea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

References

  1. ↑ McLean J. H. (2012) Detrital feeding in Xeniostoma inexpectans, new genus, new species, and new subfamily Xeniostomatinae of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda), hosted by hexactinellid sponges of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Nautilus 126(3): 89–97. (25 October 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Xeniostoma McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711466 on 2012-12-07


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