''Pleurifera'' is a small
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
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 in the
family
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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleurifera Drivas & Jay, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511323 on 2022-01-28]
Species
* ''
Pleurifera flammulata''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
* ''
Pleurifera fulgens''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Pleurifera hawaiiensis''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''
Pleurifera lepida''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Pleurifera suzannae''
(Drivas & Jay, 1990)
* ''
Pleurifera tenuilabris''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
References
External links
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1997). Report on a collection of Columbellidae (Mollusca, Gastopoda) from the west Indian Ocean region (Madagascar, Glorieuses Islands, Comores Islands, and nearby banks and coral shawls) with descriptions of three new species and one new genus. Apex. 12 (1): 31-42
Columbellidae
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