''Botryphallus'' 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 minute sea snails,

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod

mollusk 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 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s or

micromollusk A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also ...

s in the

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Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Distribution and habitat This family of snails is found worldwide. They ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Botryphallus'' include: * ''

Botryphallus epidauricus ''Botryphallus epidauricus'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks ...

'' (Brusina, 1866) * ''

Botryphallus ovummuscae ''Botryphallus ovummuscae'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks ...

'' (Gofas, 1990) * ''

Botryphallus tuber ''Botryphallus tuber'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in th ...

'' (Rolán, 1991)

References

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