''Gaillea'' is a
genus
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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
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s in the
family
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Eosiphonidae
The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atla ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744005 on 2020-12-14]
Species
Species within the genus ''Gaillea'' include:
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Gaillea canetae
''Gaillea canetae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae
The Eosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail spec ...
''
(Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
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Gaillea coriolis
''Gaillea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Eosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: ...
''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
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Gaillea engonia
''Gaillea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
(Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
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Gaillea tosaensis
''Gaillea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eosiphonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gaillea Kantor, Puillandre, Fraussen, Fedosov & Bouchet, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(Okutani & Iwahori, 1992)
References
* Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1986. Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 133("1985"): 457-517
* Fraussen, K.; Stahlschmidt, P. (2016). The extensive Indo-Pacific deep-water radiation of Manaria E.A. Smith, 1906 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) and related genera, with descriptions of 21 new species. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 208: 363–456.
External links
Kantor Yu.I., Puillandre N., Fraussen K., Fedosov A.E. & Bouchet P. (2013) Deep-water Buccinidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from sunken wood, vents and seeps: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(8): 2177-2195.
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Eosiphonidae