''Bembicium'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
family
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Littorinidae
The Littorinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
Names
In ...
, the winkles or periwinkles.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bembicium'' include:
* ''
Bembicium altum'' (Tate, 1894)
* ''
Bembicium auratum'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''
Bembicium discoideum'' Reid, 1988
* ''
Bembicium flavescens'' (Philippi, 1851)
* ''
Bembicium melanostoma'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Bembicium nanum'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Bembicium priscum'' Powell & Bartrum, 1929
* ''
Bembicium vittatum'' Philippi, 1846
References
Littorinidae
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