''Carolesia'' is a

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of small to medium-sized

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 ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the

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Tegulidae Tegulidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Acces ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Carolesia Güller & Zelaya, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820906 on 2022-01-12

Species

* '' Carolesia blakei'' (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)

References

* Güller M. & Zelaya D.G. (2014). A new generic placement for "Calliostoma" blakei Clench & Aguayo, 1938 (Gastropoda: Trochoidea). Malacologia. 57(2): 309–317. {{Taxonbar, from=Q28074330 Tegulidae Gastropod genera