''Specula'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s or
micromollusc
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s in the
family
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Cerithiopsidae.
[Rosenberg, G. (2011). Specula Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591966 on 2012-06-16]
Species
Species in the genus ''Specula'' include:
* ''
Specula agamennonei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula albengai''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula angelobaraggiai''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula bicolor''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula bogii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula boholensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula campbellica''
(A. W. B. Powell, 1955)
* ''
Specula churamaris''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula copiosa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula dagostinoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula dimatteoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula dubia''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula dumasi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula fragilis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula giamminellii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Specula giustii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula guttula''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula jumeauensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula laetae''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula mammilla Specula is the plural form of speculum (disambiguation), speculum and may refer to:
* 86196 Specula, a minor planet
* Specula (gastropod), a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae
* Specul ...
''
(May, 1919)
* ''
Specula menoui''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula moalboalensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula molini''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula naoae''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula pelorcei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula perplexa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula petitdevoizei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula puillandrei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula pulchella''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula pusilla''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula queenslandica''
Laseron, 1956
* ''
Specula regina''
Cotton, 1951
* ''
Specula retifera''
( Suter, 1908)
* ''
Specula ruali''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula santalensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula seragakiensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula servadeii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula solai''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Specula styliformis''
( Suter, 1908)
* ''
Specula subcastanea''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
* ''
Specula turbonilloides''
(Tenison-Woods, 1879)
* ''
Specula vilvilfarei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Specula canaliculata''
(Suter, 1908): synonym of ''Specula retifera''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''Specula dissimilis''
( Suter, 1908): synonym of ''Specula styliformis''
(Suter, 1908)
* † ''Specula infelix''
Marwick, 1931: synonym of † ''
Cerithiella infelix''
(Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
* ''Specula marginata''
( Suter, 1908): synonym of ''
Mendax marginata''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''Specula odhneri''
( Powell, 1927) : synonym of ''Mendax trizonalis odhneri''
(Powell, 1927)
* ''Specula sassieri''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020: synonym of ''
Phosinella sagraiana''
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
* ''Specula widmeriana''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 : synonym of ''
Sundaya widmeriana''
(Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014)
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
External links
GBIF
Cerithiopsidae
Taxa named by Harold John Finlay
{{Cerithiopsidae-stub