''Carenzia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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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
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s in the
family
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Seguenziidae
Seguenziidae is a family (biology), family of very small deepwater sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastr ...
.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Carenzia'':
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Carenzia acanthodes''
Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia carinata''
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, 1877)
* ''
Carenzia fastigiata''
B. A. Marshall, 1983
* ''
Carenzia golikovi''
Geiger, 2017
* ''
Carenzia inermis''
Quinn, 1983
* ''
Carenzia marismontis''
Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
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Carenzia melvillii''
(Schepman
Mattheus Marinus Schepman (17 August 1847 – 19 November 1919) was a Dutch malacologist. He was one of the foremost collectors of mollusc shells in the Netherlands, and was also high on the overall list of European collectors.
Dutch collectors ...
, 1909)
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Carenzia nitens''
Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia ornata''
Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia serrata''
Marshall, 1991
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Carenzia trispinosa''
( Watson, 1879)
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Carenzia venusta''
Marshall, 1983
References
* Marshall B.A. (1991). ''Mollusca Gastropoda : Seguenziidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. In A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (Eds) Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, vol. 7''. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, A, 150:41-109
External links
Quinn J. (1983). ''Carenzia, a new genus of Seguenziacea with the description of a new species''. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(3): 355-364
Seguenziidae
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