''Ascalista'' is a small
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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sea snails in the
family
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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family (biology), family of minute to small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; ...
.
Species
There are two species in the genus ''Ascalista'':
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Ascalista letourneuxi
''Ascalista letourneuxi'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ascalista letourneuxi K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www. ...
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Ascalista polita
''Ascalista'' is a small genus of sea snails in the family (biology), family Columbellidae.
Species
There are two species in the genus ''Ascalista'':
* ''Ascalista letourneuxi''
* ''Ascalista polita''
References
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References
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Columbellidae
Genera
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