''Jenneria'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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marine
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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 Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Jenneria'' includde:
* † ''
Jenneria nodulosa''
Dolin & Lozouet, 2004
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Jenneria pustulata
''Jenneria pustulata'', common name the Jenner's cowry or pustulated cowry, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.
Description
The shells of this ...
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, 1786)
References
* Dolin, L. & Lozouet, P., 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l'Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana: 164 pp, sér. hors série n°4
* Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
External links
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Pediculariinae
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