''Anna'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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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 ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized 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 classifi ...
.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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(WoRMS), the following species is included within the genus ''Anna''
* † ''
Anna massena''
Risso, 1826 (
nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
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)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Anna assimilis'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''
Aplus assimilis
''Aplus assimilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, moll ...
'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Anna capixaba'' Coltro & Dornellas, 2013: synonym of ''
Ameranna capixaba'' (Coltro & Dornellas, 2013)
* ''Anna dorbignyi'' (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of ''
Aplus dorbignyi
''Aplus dorbignyi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm. This shell is quite variable in pattern and shape. Usually it is quite elon ...
'' (Payraudeau, 1826)
* ''Anna florida'' Garcia, 2008: synonym of ''
Ameranna florida'' (Garcia, 2008)
* ''Anna goncalvesi''
(Coltro, 2005): synonym of ''
Engina goncalvesi''
Coltro, 2005
* ''Anna marijkae''
(De Jong & Coomans, 1988): synonym of ''
Ameranna milleri''
(Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
* ''Anna milleri'' (Nowell- Usticke, 1959): synonym of ''
Ameranna milleri'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)
* ''Anna royalensis'' Watters, 2009: synonym of ''
Ameranna royalensis'' (Watters, 2009)
* ''Anna scabra'' (Locard, 1886): synonym of ''
Aplus scaber'' (Locard, 1891)
* ''Anna willemsae'' (De Jong & Coomans, 1988): synonym of ''
Ameranna willemsae'' (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
References
Pisaniidae
Gastropod genera
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