''Stellatoma'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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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 Mangeliidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Stellatoma Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416011 on 2018-01-25]
Species
Species within the genus ''Stellatoma'' include:
* ''
Stellatoma mellissi''
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Stellatoma rufostrigata''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Stellatoma stellata''
(Stearns, 1872)
References
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308Bartsch, Paul, and Harald A. Rehder. "New turritid mollusks from Florida." Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1939).
Gastropod genera
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