''Iselica'' 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 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,
marine heterobranch
Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs (meaning "different gill"), is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic, and terrestrial gastropod molluscs.
Heterobranchia is one of the main clades of gastropods. Currently Hetero ...
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 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 in the family
Amathinidae
Amathinidae, is a taxonomic family mostly consisting of small and minute sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea.
Together with Pyramidellidae, Ebalidae, Turbonillidae, Odostomid ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iselica Dall, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415513 on 2021-03-24]
Species
Species within the genus ''Iselica'' include:
* ''
Iselica alta''
Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
* ''
Iselica carotica''
Marincovich, 1973
* ''
Iselica chilensis''
Marincovich, 1973
* ''
Iselica fenestrata''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Iselica globosa''
(H. C. Lea, 1843)
* ''
Iselica kochi''
A. M. Strong & Hertlein, 1939
* ''
Iselica maculosa''
(Carpenter, 1857)
* ''
Iselica obtusa''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Iselica ovoidea''
(Gould, 1853)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Iselica altum''
Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018: synonym of ''Iselica alta''
Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Iselica anomala''
(C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of ''Iselica globosa''
(H. C. Lea, 1843)
* ''Iselica laxa''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Iselica obtusa''
(Carpenter, 1864)
References
* Poppe G., Tagaro S. & Goto Y. , 2018. New marine species from the central Philippines. Visaya 5(1): 91-135
External links
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Amathinidae
Gastropod genera
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