''Prolixodens'' is a
genus of very small
sea snail
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s,
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 ...
mollusc
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s in the
family Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World R ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391135 on 2022-02-11]
Species
* ''
Prolixodens alba''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens amethysta''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Prolixodens apexcostata'' (Rolán, Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 2007)
* ''
Prolixodens ara''
(Dall & Bartsch, 1911)
* ''
Prolixodens benthica''
B. A. Marshall, 1978
* ''
Prolixodens captiosa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Prolixodens crassa''
B. A. Marshall, 1978
* ''
Prolixodens dannevigi''
(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Prolixodens giampii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens infracolor
''Prolixodens'' is a genera, genus of very small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: Wor ...
''
(Laseron, 1951)
* ''
Prolixodens inopinata
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
'' (
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
* ''
Prolixodens leogattellii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens lutea'' (
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
* ''
Prolixodens martinoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens memorabilis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Prolixodens montrouzieri''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens nicolayae''
Jay & Drivas, 2002
* ''
Prolixodens obesa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens obscura
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
'' (
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
* ''
Prolixodens oleagina
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens proxima
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Prolixodens scudellarii
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Prolixodens sknips
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Jay & Drivas, 2002
* ''
Prolixodens splendens
''Prolixodens'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Prolixodens vannozzii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens vianelloi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Prolixodens whaaporum''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
References
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
Marshall, B. A. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5(1): 47-120
Cerithiopsidae
Gastropod genera
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