''Conjectura'' is a
genus
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of very small
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 or
micromollusc
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 ...
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
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s in the
family
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Conradiidae
Conradiidae is a taxonomic family (created in 1987 by Golikov & Starobogatov) of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs. These genera were previously included in the polyphyletic family Skeneidae. They belong within th ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Conjectura'' include:
* ''
Conjectura agulhasensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Conjectura glabella''
(Murdoch, 1908)
* ''
Conjectura solomonensis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2020
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Conjectura atypica''
Powell, 1937: synonym of ''
Acremodontina atypica''
(Powell, 1937)
* ''Conjectura carinata''
Powell, 1940: synonym of ''
Acremodontina carinata''
(Powell, 1940)
* † ''Conjectura congrua''
Laws, 1941: synonym of † ''
Cirsonella congrua''
(Laws, 1941) (original combination)
* ''Conjectura poutama''
Smith, 1962: synonym of ''
Acremodontina poutama''
(E. C. Smith, 1962)
* † ''Conjectura proava''
Marwick, 1931: synonym of † ''
Cirsonella proava''
(Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2020). Conradiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987 (= Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013) (Gastropoda, Trochoidea) from the Indo-Pacific. III. The genera Conradia and Conjectura. Novapex. 21(2-3): 49–91.
External links
Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
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Conradiidae
Gastropods of New Zealand