''Solenosteira'' is a
genus
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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, 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
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s in the
family
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized 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 classifi ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Solenosteira'' include:
* ''
Solenosteira anomala''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Solenosteira cancellaria''
(Conrad, 1846)
* ''
Solenosteira capitanea
''Solenosteira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Pisaniidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Solenosteira'' include:
* ''Solenosteira anomala'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Solenosteira cancellaria'' ...
''
Berry, 1957
* ''
Solenosteira fusiformis''
(Blainville, 1832)
* ''
Solenosteira gatesi''
Berry, 1963
* ''
Solenosteira macrospira''
(Berry, 1957)
* ''
Solenosteira mendozana''
(Berry, 1959)
* ''
Solenosteira pallida''
(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
* † ''
Solenosteira subcarinata''
(Lamarck, 1803)
;Synonyms:
* ''Solenosteira elegans''
Dall, 1908: synonym of ''
Hesperisternia elegans''
(Dall, 1908) (original combination)
* † ''Solenosteira mengeana''
Dall, 1890: synonym of † ''
Urosalpinx mengeana''
W.H. Dall, 1890
;Taxa inquirenda:
* † ''Solenosteira cochlearis''
Guppy, 1911
* † ''Solenosteira semiglobosa''
Guppy, 1911
References
Dall W.H. (1890). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Part I. Pulmonate, opisthobranchiate and orthodont gastropods. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Sciences, Philadelphia. 3(1): 1-200, pls 1-12.
Pisaniidae
Gastropod genera
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