''Canalispira'' is a

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of very small

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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 ...

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

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Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Description The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costat ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Canalispira'' include: * '' Canalispira attentia'' ( Laseron, 1957) * '' Canalispira aurea'' Garcia, 2006 * '' Canalispira columellaria'' Boyer, 2018 * '' Canalispira fallax'' (

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, 1903) * '' Canalispira infirma'' ( Laseron, 1957) * ''

Canalispira kerni ''Canalispira kerni'' is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae. Description ''Canalispira kerni'' has a strong, smooth, ivory-colored shell. The shell's surface has yellowish fla ...

'' Garcia, 2007 * '' Canalispira lipei'' Garcia, 2007 * '' Canalispira minor'' ( Dall, 1927) * ''

Canalispira olivellaeformis ''Canalispira'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Cystiscidae. Species Species within the genus ''Canalispira'' include: * ''Canalispira attentia'' (Ch ...

'' Jousseaume, 1875 * ''

Canalispira replicata ''Canalispira replicata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Description The shell is minute ...

'' ( Melvill, 1912) * ''

Canalispira shacklefordi ''Canalispira shacklefordi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Description The shell is min ...

'' (Preston, 1915) * ''

Canalispira umuhlwa ''Canalispira umuhlwa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Canalispira umuhlwa'' Kilburn, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' Kilburn, 1990 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Canalispira fluctuata'' McCleery & Wakefield, 2007: synonym of ''

Osvaldoginella fluctuata ''Osvaldoginella fluctuata'' is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Des ...

'' (McCleery & Wakefield, 2007) (original combination) * ''Canalispira gomezi'' (Espinosa & Ortea, 1997): synonym of ''

Osvaldoginella gomezi ''Osvaldoginella gomezi'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Osvaldoginella gomezi Espinosa & Ortea, 1997. Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' Espinosa & Ortea, 1997 * ''Canalispira hoffi'' (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991): synonym of ''

Osvaldoginella hoffi ''Osvaldoginella hoffi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Description The shell is minute ...

'' (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1991) * ''Canalispira ornata'' McCleery & Wakefield, 2007: synonym of ''

'' Espinosa & Ortea, 1997 (original combination) * ''

Canalispira phantasia ''Canalispira phantasia'' is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Des ...

'' McCleery & Wakefield, 2007: synonym of ''

Osvaldoginella phantasia ''Osvaldoginella phantasia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Description The shell is min ...

'' (McCleery & Wakefield, 2007) (original combination)

References

External links

Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435

McCleery T. & Wakefield A. (2007). "A review of the enigmatic genus ''Canalispira'' Jousseaume, 1875 (Gastropoda: Cystiscidae) with the description of three new species from the western Atlantic"
'' Novapex'' 8(1): 1-10 {{Cystiscidae-stub

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