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Zebittium Brooksae
''Zebittium'' is a genus (biology), genus of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. Species * † ''Zebittium brooksae'' (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004) * ''Zebittium editum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1930 * ''Zebittium exile'' (F. W. Hutton, 1873) * ''Zebittium laevicordatum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1937 * † ''Zebittium tenuicordatum'' Laws, 1940 * † ''Zebittium vicinum'' Laws, 1941 ;Synonyms: * † ''Zebittium granchii'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992): synonym of † ''Bittium granchii'' Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 References External links Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 Cerithiidae Gastropods described in 1926 {{Cerithiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus (biology)
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus '' Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should clearly demonstrate both monophyly and validity as a separate lineage). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the absence of a visible Gastropod shell, shell. Definition Determining whether some gastropods should be called sea snails is not always easy. Some species that live in brackish water (such as certain Neritidae, neritids) can be listed as either freshwater snails or marine snails, and some species that live at or just above the high tide level (for example, species in the genus ''Truncatella (gastropod), Truncatella'') are sometimes considered to be sea snails and sometimes listed as land snails. Anatomy Sea snails are a very large and diverse group of animals. Most snails that live in salt water respire using a gill or gills; a few species, though, have a lung, are intertidal, and are active only at low tide w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine (ocean)
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, which are also referred to as ''oceans'' (the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic Ocean),"Ocean." ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocean . Accessed March 14, 2021. and are themselves mostly divided into seas, gulfs and subsequent bodies of water. The ocean contains 97% of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and sea slug, slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca. It contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Furongian, Late Cambrian. , 721 family (taxonomy), families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently neontology, extant living fossil, with or without a fossil record. Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The number of additional fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000, and the proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine biology, marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat, as numerous groups are freshwater mollusc, freshwater and even terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial species. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class (biology), classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurobiology, neurologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micromollusc
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also reach adult size at very small dimensions. These tiny molluscs or their tiny shells are easy to overlook, as many of them are not very noticeable to the naked eye, and thus many people are not aware that they even exist. Nonetheless there are large numbers of families and vast numbers of mollusc species, in particular marine gastropods or sea snails, which are minute enough to be considered micromolluscs. Considerable numbers of marine gastropod species are only about 5 or 6 mm in adult size; many others are only about 2 or 3 mm in adult size; and a few have adult shells which are as small as one millimeter or even smaller still. Micromolluscs are known to have adult shells as small as 600 μm.Geiger et al 2007, Pg. 1 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large taxonomic family, family of medium-sized marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Distribution Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or coral reef rock covered with sand and algae in the Littoral zone, sublittoral zone of warm or temperate waters. Most are found in tropical areas. A few occur along the European coastline and about 30 species in two genera are found along the Americas, American coast. A few species occur in estuarine areas of mangrove forests close to the sea. Only a few species of the subfamily Bittiinae are found in deep water. Diet Ceriths are herbivores and detritivores that graze the sea bed. Description Their slender mollusc shell, shell is elongated with a pointed spire (mollusc), spire. They vary in size from 3 mm (''Bittium alternatum'') to 150 mm (''Cerithium nodulosum''). The smallest shells are found in the subfamily Bittiinae. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebittium Brooksae
''Zebittium'' is a genus (biology), genus of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. Species * † ''Zebittium brooksae'' (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004) * ''Zebittium editum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1930 * ''Zebittium exile'' (F. W. Hutton, 1873) * ''Zebittium laevicordatum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1937 * † ''Zebittium tenuicordatum'' Laws, 1940 * † ''Zebittium vicinum'' Laws, 1941 ;Synonyms: * † ''Zebittium granchii'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992): synonym of † ''Bittium granchii'' Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 References External links Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 Cerithiidae Gastropods described in 1926 {{Cerithiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebittium Editum
''Zebittium editum'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. This species is found only in New Zealand. Distribution This marine species is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ... to New Zealand. References * Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. External links Powell, A. W. B. (1930). New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Part 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 60: 532-543 Cerithiidae Gastropods of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebittium Exile
''Zebittium exile'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large taxonomic family, family of medium-sized marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Distribution Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or co ..., the cerithiids. It occurs only in New Zealand. Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 References Cerithiidae Gastropods of New Zealand Taxa named by Frederick Hutton (scientist) Gastropods described in 1873 {{Cerithiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebittium Laevicordatum
''Zebittium laevicordatum'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. It is known to occur only at the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... References * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Cerithiidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1937 {{Cerithiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zebittium Tenuicordatum
''Zebittium'' is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. Species * † ''Zebittium brooksae'' (Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004) * ''Zebittium editum'' A. W. B. Powell, 1930 * ''Zebittium exile'' (F. W. Hutton, 1873) * ''Zebittium laevicordatum ''Zebittium laevicordatum'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. It is known to occur only at the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand New Zealand () is an island countr ...'' A. W. B. Powell, 1937 * † '' Zebittium tenuicordatum'' Laws, 1940 * † '' Zebittium vicinum'' Laws, 1941 ;Synonyms: * † ''Zebittium granchii'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992): synonym of † '' Bittium granchii'' Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 References External links Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
