genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
salt marsh
A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...
or mudflat
snail
A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gas ...
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family (biology), family of marine (ocean), marine, cerithioidean gastropod molluscs in thesuperfamily Cerithioidea.
They consist of 14 living species, classified in six to eight gene ...
, the horn snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Batillaria'' include:
* ''
Batillaria attramentaria
''Batillaria attramentaria'', common name the Japanese mud snail, is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae. It is a species of sea snail most often found in the salt marshes and mudflats of marine, estuarine, riparian and wetlan ...
'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1855) - Japanese false cerith
* ''
Batillaria australis
''Batillaria australis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae.
The species occurs along the coasts of Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising ...
'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* ''
Batillaria bornii
''Batillaria'' is a genus of small salt marsh or mudflat snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Batillaria'' include:
* '' Batillaria attramentaria'' (G. B. Sowerby I, ...
'' (Sowerby II, 1887 in 1842–87)
* ''
Batillaria estuarina
''Zeacumantus plumbeus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family (biology), family of marine (ocean), marine, cerithioidean gastrop ...
'' (Tate, 1893)
* ''
Batillaria flectosiphonata
''Batillaria flectosiphonata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family (biology), family of marine (ocean), marine, cerithioidean ...
'' Ozawa, 1996
* ''
Batillaria multiformis
''Batillaria multiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the Family (biology), family Batillariidae. They are colloquially known as salt marsh or mudflat snails, due to their benthic nature in intertidal zones and sal ...
'' (Lischke, 1869)
* ''
Batillaria mutata
''Batillaria'' is a genus of small salt marsh or mudflat snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Batillaria'' include:
* '' Batillaria attramentaria'' (G. B. Sowerby I, ...
'' (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)
* ''
Batillaria sordida
''Batillaria sordida'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family (biology), family of marine (ocean), marine, cerithioidean gastropod ...
'' Gmelin, 1791
* ''
Batillaria zonalis
''Batillaria zonalis'' is a species of small sandy shore snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.
Distribution
* Japan ITIS, accessed 26 June 2011.
Synonyms:
* ''Batillaria minima'' (Gmelin, 1791) - West Indian false cerith, is a synonym of ''
Lampanella minima
''Lampanella minima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family (biology), family of marine (ocean), marine, cerithioidean gastropod ...
'' (Gmelin, 1791)
References
* Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. (2009). ''Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)''. Zoologica Scripta, 38: 503-525
Further reading
* Ozawa T., Köhler F., Reid D. G. & Glaubrecht M. (2009). "Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". ''
Zoologica Scripta
''Zoologica Scripta'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal on systematic zoology, published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It was established in 197 ...