''Cerithiopsidella'' is a

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of very small

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s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the

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Cerithiopsidae Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Re ...

. It was described by

Paul Bartsch Paul Bartsch (14 August 1871 Tłumaczów, Tuntschendorf, Silesia – 24 April 1960 McLean, Virginia) was an American Malacology, malacologist and carcinologist. He was named the last of those belonging to the "Descriptive Age of Malacology". E ...

in 1911.''Cerithiopsidella''
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Species

* '' Cerithiopsidella alcima'' (Bartsch, 1911) * '' Cerithiopsidella antefilosa'' (Bartsch, 1911) * '' Cerithiopsidella blacki'' Marshall, 1978 * '' Cerithiopsidella caterinae'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 * '' Cerithiopsidella chiarellii'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018 * '' Cerithiopsidella cornea'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017 * '' Cerithiopsidella cosmia'' (Bartsch, 1907) * † '' Cerithiopsidella propria'' (Laws, 1941) * † '' Cerithiopsidella pustulosa'' Lozouet, 1999 * '' Cerithiopsidella ziliolii'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012

References

* Lozouet, P., 1999. - Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68

External links

Bartsch P. (1911). The Recent and fossil mollusks of the genus Cerithiopsis from the west coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 40(1823): 327-367, pls 36-41

Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120
Cerithiopsidae Gastropod genera {{Cerithiopsidae-stub