''Cocculinella'' is a

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of small, deep water

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Cocculinellidae Cocculinellidae is a family of small sea snails, deepwater limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda Vetigastropoda is a major Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, m ...

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s.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Cocculinella'' Thiele, 1909. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570839 on 2013-02-02

Species

Species within the genus ''Cocculinella'' include: * '' Cocculinella coercita'' (Hedley, 1907) * '' Cocculinella kopua'' B.A. Marshall, 1983 * '' Cocculinella minutissima'' (E. A. Smith, 1904) * '' Cocculinella osteophila'' B.A. Marshall, 1983

References

External links

To ITIS

To World Register of Marine Species
Cocculinellidae Gastropod genera {{Cocculinellidae-stub