''Ophiodermella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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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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Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ophiodermella'' include:
* ''
Ophiodermella akkeshiensis''
(Habe, 1958)
* ''
Ophiodermella cancellata''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Ophiodermella fancherae''
(Dall, 1903)
* ''
Ophiodermella grippi''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Ophiodermella inermis
''Ophiodermella inermis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 40 mm, its width 7 mm.
The shell is pinkish ash-colored under a light olivaceous ep ...
''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''
Ophiodermella miyatensis''
(Yokoyama, 1920)
* ''
Ophiodermella ogurana''
(Yokoyama, 1922)
; Species brought into synonymy :
* † ''Ophiodermella bella''
Ozaki, 1958: synonym of ''
Retimohnia bella''
(Ozaki, 1958) (original combination)
* ''Ophiodermella incisa''
(Carpenter, 1864): synonym of ''Ophiodermella inermis''
(Reeve, 1843)
* ''Ophiodermella montereyensis''
Bartsch, 1944: synonym of ''Ophiodermella inermis''
(Reeve, 1843)
References
* Shimek, R. L. "Biology of the northeastern Pacific Turridae. 1. Ophiodermella." Malacologia 23.2 (1983): 281-312.
* McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160
External links
Bartsch, P, Some turrid mollusks of Monterey Bay and vicinity; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v. 57 p. 57-68 Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.*
Gastropod genera
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