''Xyloskenea rhyssa'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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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 ...

mollusk, unassigned in the

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Seguenzioidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Xyloskenea rhyssa'' (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591069 on 27 march 2013Rubio F., Fernández-Garcés R. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus 29(2): 1-230. (December 2011)

References

Dall W. H. (1927). ''Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886''. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1-134

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

rhyssa ''Rhyssa'' is a genus of ichneumon wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae. Etymology The Latin name of the genus comes from the Greek and means "wrinkled". Description Female of this parasitic species drills deep into ...

Gastropods described in 1927 {{Seguenzioidea-stub