''Prolixodens'' 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 very 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 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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
family
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Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Re ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391135 on 2022-02-11]
Species
* ''
Prolixodens alba''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens amethysta''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Prolixodens apexcostata'' (Rolán, Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 2007)
* ''
Prolixodens ara''
(Dall & Bartsch, 1911)
* ''
Prolixodens benthica''
B. A. Marshall, 1978
* ''
Prolixodens captiosa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Prolixodens crassa''
B. A. Marshall, 1978
* ''
Prolixodens dannevigi''
(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Prolixodens giampii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens infracolor''
(Laseron, 1951)
* ''
Prolixodens inopinata'' (
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
* ''
Prolixodens leogattellii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens lutea'' (
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
* ''
Prolixodens martinoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens memorabilis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Prolixodens montrouzieri''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens nicolayae''
Jay & Drivas, 2002
* ''
Prolixodens obesa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens obscura'' (
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
* ''
Prolixodens oleagina''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Prolixodens proxima''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Prolixodens scudellarii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Prolixodens sknips''
Jay & Drivas, 2002
* ''
Prolixodens splendens''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Prolixodens vannozzii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Prolixodens vianelloi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Prolixodens whaaporum''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
References
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
Marshall, B. A. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5(1): 47-120
Cerithiopsidae
Gastropod genera
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