''Seminella'' 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 ().
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mollusk
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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 ...
, the dove snails.
Description
The shells in this genus are small. They contain axial ribs and a fine spiral sculpture. The denticles are inside the outer lip.
Species
Species within the genus ''Seminella'' include:
* ''
Seminella biconica''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Seminella comistea''
(Melvill, 1906)
* ''
Seminella corrugata''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* ''
Seminella infirmisculpta''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
* ''
Seminella makemoensis''
K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2015
* ''
Seminella peasei''
(Martens & Langkavel, 1871)
* ''
Seminella roseotincta''
(Hervier, 1899)
* ''
Seminella virginea''
(Gould, 1860)
References
External links
Pease, W.H. (1868). Notes on the remarks of Dr. P. P. Carpenter (published in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865), on certain species of marine Gastropoda, named by W. Harper Pease. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 231-234Drivas, 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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