''Ammonicera'' is a
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of minute
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Omalogyridae
Omalogyridae are a family of minute and microscopic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, hig ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138275 on 2012-08-31]
Species
Species within the genus ''Ammonicera'' include:
* ''
Ammonicera albanyensis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera albospeciosa''
Rolán, 1992
* ''
Ammonicera andresi''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2015
* ''
Ammonicera angulata''
Sleurs, 1985
* ''
Ammonicera arrondoi''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2015
* ''
Ammonicera aurea''
Waki, Rolán, Noseworthy, H.-S. Kang & K.-S. Choi, 2017
* ''
Ammonicera binodosa''
Sleurs, 1985
* ''
Ammonicera burnayi''
Rolán, 1991
* ''
Ammonicera caledonica''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera chosenica
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Chernyshev, 2003
* ''
Ammonicera circumcirra''
Rolán, 1992
* ''
Ammonicera columbretensis''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2015
* ''
Ammonicera croata''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera extracarinacostata''
Sleurs, 1985
* ''
Ammonicera familiaris''
Rolán, 1992
* ''
Ammonicera fischeriana
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
(Monterosato, 1869)
* ''
Ammonicera galaica
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2015
* ''
Ammonicera gonzalezi
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Rolán & Rubio, 2017
* ''
Ammonicera japonica
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Habe, 1972
* ''
Ammonicera lignea
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
(Palazzi, 1988)
* ''
Ammonicera lineofuscata
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Rolán, 1992
* ''
Ammonicera mcleani
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Sartori & Bieler, 2014
* ''
Ammonicera mexicana
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Sartori & Bieler, 2014
* ''
Ammonicera minortalis
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At http://www.marin ...
''
Rolán, 1992
* ''
Ammonicera multistriata''
Rolán, 1991
* ''
Ammonicera nodicarinata''
(Sleurs, 1985)
* ''
Ammonicera nodulosa''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2015
* ''
Ammonicera nolai''
Rolán, 1991
* ''
Ammonicera oteroi''
Rolán, 1991
* ''
Ammonicera pascuensis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera plana''
Simone, 1997
* ''
Ammonicera plicata''
Sleurs, 1985
* ''
Ammonicera robusta''
Rolán, 1991
* ''
Ammonicera rota
''Ammonicera'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Omalogyridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Ammonicera'' Vayssière, 1893. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Forbes & Hanley, 1850)
* ''
Ammonicera rotundata''
(Palazzi, 1988)
* ''
Ammonicera san''
Rolán & Peñas, 2009
* ''
Ammonicera sculpturata''
Rolán, 1992
* ''
Ammonicera shornikovi''
Chernyshev, 2003
* ''
Ammonicera sleursi''
Sartori & Bieler, 2014
* ''
Ammonicera sucina''
(Laseron, 1954)
* ''
Ammonicera superstriata''
J. D. Oliver & Rolán, 2015
* ''
Ammonicera tahitiensis''
Rubio, Rolán & Letourneux, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera tenuicostata''
Sleurs, 1985
* ''
Ammonicera tomalba''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera tomensis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
* ''
Ammonicera vangoethemi''
(Sleurs, 1985)
* ''
Ammonicera verdensis''
Rolán, 1991
* ''
Ammonicera vladivostokensis''
Chernyshev, 2003
See also
*
Smallest organisms
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Bieler R & Mikkelsen P. (1998), Ammonicera in Florida - Notes on the smallest living gastropod in the United States and comments on other species of Omalogyridae (Heterobranchia); The Nautilus, 111(1):1-12, 1998
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia.'' In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
Vayssiere, A. 1893. ''Observations zoologiques anatomiques sur l'Ammonicera, nouveau genre de gasteropode prosobranche''. Annales de la Faculte des Sciences de Marseille, 3 15-28 1 pl.
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Omalogyridae
Gastropod genera