''Mirarissoina'' 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 minute
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 or
micromollusk
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
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Zebinidae
Zebinidae is a family 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 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Mirarissoina'' include:
* ''
Mirarissoina bermudezi
''Mirarissoina bermudezi'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Description
The maximum recorded ...
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(Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
* ''
Mirarissoina histia''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* † ''
Mirarissoina juncea''
(J. Gardner, 1947)
* ''
Mirarissoina lata''
Faber & Moolenbeek, 2013
* † ''
Mirarissoina lepida''
(Woodring, 1928)
* ''
Mirarissoina trauseli''
Faber & Slieker, 2014
* † ''
Mirarissoina xesta''
(Woodring, 1928)
References
External links
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Zebinidae
Gastropod genera
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