''Mauroceras'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Caecidae
Caecidae is a taxonomic family of very small and minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Caecidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1356167 on 2021-07-08]
Species
* ''
Mauroceras amamiense
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marin ...
''
(Habe, 1978)
* ''
Mauroceras boucheti
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(Pizzini & Raines, 2011)
* ''
Mauroceras kajiyamai
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(Habe, 1963)
* ''
Mauroceras legumen
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(Hedley, 1899)
* ''
Mauroceras maestratii
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013)
* ''
Mauroceras rhinoceros
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013)
* ''
Mauroceras sandwichense
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(de Folin, 1881)
* ''
Mauroceras serratum
''Mauroceras'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mauroceras Vannozzi, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https: ...
''
(Vannozzi, 2017)
References
* Vannozzi A. (2019). Mauroceras, a new genus for Indo-West Pacific species hitherto assigned to Meioceras (Gastropoda: Caecidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 55(1): 55–61.
External links
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Caecidae