''Gemophos'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
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 ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Gemophos'' include:
* ''
Gemophos auritulus
''Gemophos auritulus'', the common cantharus or gaudy cantharus, is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 35 mm.
The ovate shell is thick, solid and bi-conical. ...
''
(Link, 1807)
* ''
Gemophos filistriatus''
Vermeij, 2001
* ''
Gemophos gemmatus''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Gemophos inca''
(d' Orbigny, 1839)
* ''
Gemophos janellii''
(Valenciennes, 1846)
* ''
Gemophos pacei''
Petuch & Sargent, 2011
* ''
Gemophos pastinaca''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Gemophos ringens''
(Reeve, 1846)
*''
Gemophos sanguinolentus''
(Duclos, 1833)
* ''
Gemophos tinctus''
(Conrad, 1846)
* ''
Gemophos viverratoides''
(d'Orbigny, 1840)
* ''
Gemophos viverratus''
(Kiener, 1834)
References
* Vermeij G.J. 2006. ''The Cantharus group of pisaniine buccinid gastropods: review of the Oligocene to Recent genera and description of some new species of Gemophos and Hesperisternia.'' Cainozoic Research 4(1): 71-96
Pisaniidae
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