''Tjaernoeia'' is a genus of
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 ...
mollusks in the informal group
Lower Heterobranchia.
''Tjaernoeia'' is the only genus in the family Tjaernoeiidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Tjaernoeia'' include:
* ''
Tjaernoeia boucheti
''Tjaernoeia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.
''Tjaernoeia'' is the only genus in the family Tjaernoeiidae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Tjaernoeia'' include:
* '' Tjaernoei ...
'' Warén, 1991 - from deep water in the northeastern Atlantic
* ''
Tjaernoeia exquisita'' (Jeffreys, 1883) - described from
Crete, also known from
Ghana
* ''
Tjaernoeia michaeli'' Engl, 2002
* ''
Tjaernoeia unisulcata
''Tjaernoeia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine 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 ...
'' (Chaster, 1897)
[Gofas, S. (2010). ''Tjaernoeia unisulcata'' (Chaster, 1897). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141685 on 2011-01-20]
References
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