''Gyriscus'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Architectonicidae
Architectonicidae, common name the staircase shells or sundials, are a family (biology), family of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group "Lower Heterobranchia" (= Allogastropoda) of the clade Heterobranchia. ...
, the staircase shells or sundials.
Species
Species within the genus ''Gyriscus'' include:
* ''
Gyriscus asteleformis''
Powell, 1965
* ''
Gyriscus hayashii
''Gyriscus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.
Species
Species within the genus ''Gyriscus'' include:
* ''Gyriscus asteleform ...
''
Shikama, 1970
* ''
Gyriscus jeffreysianus
''Gyriscus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae
Architectonicidae, common name the staircase shells or sundials, are a family (biology), family of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod ...
''
(Tiberi, 1867)
References
SeaLifeBase*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Architectonicidae