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Tornatellides Serrarius
''Tornatellides'' is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromollusc A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also r ...s in the family (biology), family Achatinellidae. Distribution This genus is endemism, endemic to the islands of the Oceania, South Pacific. Predators Individuals of the Hawaiian species are preyed upon by caterpillars of the moth ''Hyposmocoma molluscivora''. Species Species within the genus ''Tornatellides'' include: * ''Tornatellides attenuatus'' * ''Tornatellides bellus'' * ''Tornatellides boeningi'' (Schmacker and Boettger, 1891) * ''Tornatellides brunneus'' * ''Tornatellides bryani'' * ''Tornatellides comes'' * ''Tornatellides compactus'' * ''Tornatellides confusus'' * ''Tornatellides cyphostyla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
