''Atomiscala'' is a
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 ...
of
sea snails,
marine gastropod molluscs in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Cimidae
The Cimidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the infraclass Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved sea slug
Sea s ...
.
[Nomenclator Zoologicus]
Distribution
*Marine
Species
* ''
Atomiscala islandica
''Atomiscala islandica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000&nb ...
''
Warén, 1989
* ''
Atomiscala xenophyes
''Atomiscala xenophyes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000&nb ...
''
(Melvill & Standen, 1912)
References
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Cimidae