''Euplica'' 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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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Euplica'' include :
* ''
Euplica bidentata''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''
Euplica borealis''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
* ''
Euplica brunnidentata''
de Maintenon, 2008
* ''
Euplica deshayesi''
(Crosse, 1859)
* ''
Euplica festiva''
(Deshayes, 1834)
* ''
Euplica ionida''
(Duclos, 1835)
* ''
Euplica lipparinii''
Cossignani, 2005
* ''
Euplica livescens''
(Reeve, 1859)
* ''
Euplica loisae''
Rehder, 1980
* ''
Euplica prellei''
Cossignani, 2005
* ''
Euplica scripta''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Euplica turturina''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Euplica varians
''Euplica varians'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. It is known as ''Momi'' in Hawaii, which translates to "pearl". The shells of this species are commonly used in leis in N ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby, 1832)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Euplica reticulata''
Cossignani, 2005: synonym of ''Euplica festiva''
(Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834)
* ''Euplica versicolor''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of ''Euplica scripta''
(Lamarck, 1822)
References
External links
Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
Columbellidae
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