''Peasiella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Littorinidae
The Littorinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
Names
In ...
, the winkles or periwinkles.
Species
Species within the genus ''Peasiella'' include:
* ''
Peasiella conoidalis''
(Pease, 1868)
* ''
Peasiella fasciata''
Reid & Mak, 1998
* ''
Peasiella fuscopiperata''
(Turton, 1932)
* ''
Peasiella habei''
Reid & Mak, 1998
* ''
Peasiella infracostata''
(Issel, 1869)
* ''
Peasiella isseli''
(Semper in Issel, 1869)
* ''
Peasiella lutulenta''
Reid, 1989
* ''
Peasiella mauritiana''
(Viader, 1951)
* ''
Peasiella patula''
Reid & Mak, 1998
* ''
Peasiella roepstorffiana
''Peasiella roepstorffiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Description
Distribution
References
* Subba Rao, N. V. & Dey, A. 2000. ''Cata ...
''
(Nevill, 1885)
* ''
Peasiella tantilla''
(Gould, 1849)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Peasiella roepstorfii''
ic synonym of ''Peasiella roepstorffiana''
(Nevill, 1885)
* ''Peasiella roosevelti''
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939: synonym of ''
Echinolittorina porcata''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''Peasiella templiana''
(Nevill, 1885): synonym of ''Peasiella roepstorffiana''
(Nevill, 1885)
References
* Reid D.G. (1989). ''Systematic revision of the Recent species of Peasiella Nevill, 1885 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae), with notes on the fossil species''. The Nautilus 103(2): 43-69
Littorinidae
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