''Bruceiella'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
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gastropod
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. T ...
mollusks in the
family Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bruceiella'' include:
* ''
Bruceiella athlia''
Warén & Bouchet, 2001
* ''
Bruceiella globulus''
Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* ''
Bruceiella indurata''
C. Chen & Linse, 2019
* ''
Bruceiella laevigata''
B. A. Marshall, 1994
* ''
Bruceiella pruinosa''
B. A. Marshall, 1994
* ''
Bruceiella wareni
''Bruceiella wareni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.
The specific name ''wareni'' is in honor of Swedish malacologist Anders Warén.''Bruceiella Wareni''
Distribution
The type locality is the ...
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Okutani, Hashimoto & Sasaki, 2004
References
* Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90.
External links
Museum of New Zealand: ''Bruceiella''
Skeneidae
Gastropod genera
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