''Botryphallus'' is a
genus
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of minute
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 or
micromollusks in the
family
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Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting pr ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Botryphallus'' include:
* ''
Botryphallus epidauricus'' (Brusina, 1866)
* ''
Botryphallus ovummuscae'' (Gofas, 1990)
* ''
Botryphallus tuber'' (Rolán, 1991)
References
Rissoidae
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