''Bruceina '' is a
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
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 classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
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 ...
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
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Calliostomatidae
Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostomatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetail ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bruceina'' include:
* ''
Bruceina chenoderma
''Bruceina chenoderma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Bruceina chenoderma'' (Barnar ...
''
(Barnard, 1963)
* ''
Bruceina cognata''
Marshall, 1988
* ''
Bruceina eos''
Marshall, 1988
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bruceina hayesi''
Herbert, 1995:
synonym of ''Bruceina chenoderma''
(Barnard, 1963)
References
* Özdikmen H. (2013) ''Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda''. Munis Entomology & Zoology 8(1): 252-256
Calliostomatidae
Gastropod genera
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