''Filiscala'' is a
genus of small
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the
family Epitoniidae
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Epitoniidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollu ...
, commonly known as wentletraps.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Filiscala de Boury, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834230 on 2015-02-22]
Species
Species within the genus ''Filiscala'' include:
* ''
Filiscala raricosta''
(Lamarck, 1804)
* ''
Filiscala youngi''
(Kilburn, 1985)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Filiscala martinii''
(W. Wood, 1828): synonym of ''Filiscala raricosta''
(Lamarck, 1804)
References
Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). ''Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature''. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188
Epitoniidae
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