''Cocculinella'' is a
genus of small, deep water
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 ...
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
family Cocculinellidae
Cocculinellidae is a family of small sea snails, deepwater limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, m ...
, the
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...
s.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Cocculinella'' Thiele, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570839 on 2013-02-02]
Species
Species within the genus ''Cocculinella'' include:
* ''
Cocculinella coercita
''Cocculinella coercita'' is a species of small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinellidae, the limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a stro ...
'' (Hedley, 1907)
* ''
Cocculinella kopua'' B.A. Marshall, 1983
* ''
Cocculinella minutissima'' (E. A. Smith, 1904)
* ''
Cocculinella osteophila
''Cocculinella osteophila'' is a species of small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinellidae, the limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Cocculinella osteophila'' B.A. Marshall, 1983. Accessed through: World Register ...
'' B.A. Marshall, 1983
References
External links
To ITISTo World Register of Marine Species
Cocculinellidae
Gastropod genera
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