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Leucotina Casta
''Leucotina casta'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Amathinidae. The species is found in Australia and Japan. References Amathinidae {{Improve categories, date=February 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropods
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. , 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding, and reproduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amathinidae
Amathinidae, is a taxonomic family mostly consisting of small and minute sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea. Together with Pyramidellidae, Ebalidae, Turbonillidae, Odostomidae and other genera they form the superfamily Pyramidelloidea. Little is known on the biology of the group, but some data on the anatomy and systematic position is given by Ponder (1987) and Huber (1993). 1999 taxonomy Genera within the family Amathinidae according to the taxonomy of Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) include: *Genus ''Amathina'' J. E. Gray, 1842 *Genus '' Amathinoides'' Sacco, 1896 *Genus '' Carinorbis'' Conrad, 1862 *Genus '' Cyclothyca'' Stearns, 1861 *Genus '' Faluniella'' Cossman, 1921 *Genus ''Iselica'' Dall, 1918 *Genus ''Leucotina'' A. Adams, 1860 *Genus '' Phasianema'' Wood, 1842 *Genus '' Plicifer'' H. Adams, 1868 2005 taxonomy This family has no subfamilies. Genera This family presently comprises l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
