''Specula'' is a
genus
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of minute
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 or
micromollusc
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s in the
family
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Cerithiopsidae.
[Rosenberg, G. (2011). Specula Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591966 on 2012-06-16]
Species
Species in the genus ''Specula'' include:
* ''
Specula agamennonei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula albengai''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula angelobaraggiai''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula bicolor''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula bogii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula boholensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula campbellica''
(A. W. B. Powell, 1955)
* ''
Specula churamaris''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula copiosa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula dagostinoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula dimatteoi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula dubia''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula dumasi''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula fragilis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula giamminellii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Specula giustii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula guttula''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula jumeauensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
* ''
Specula laetae''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula mammilla''
(May, 1919)
* ''
Specula menoui''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula moalboalensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula molini''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula naoae''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula pelorcei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula perplexa''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula petitdevoizei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula puillandrei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula pulchella''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
* ''
Specula pusilla''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
* ''
Specula queenslandica''
Laseron, 1956
* ''
Specula regina''
Cotton, 1951
* ''
Specula retifera''
(Suter
Suter is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1908)
* ''
Specula ruali''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula santalensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula seragakiensis''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
* ''
Specula servadeii''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
* ''
Specula solai''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
* ''
Specula styliformis''
(Suter
Suter is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1908)
* ''
Specula subcastanea''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
* ''
Specula turbonilloides''
(Tenison-Woods, 1879)
* ''
Specula vilvilfarei''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Specula canaliculata''
(Suter, 1908): synonym of ''Specula retifera''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''Specula dissimilis''
(Suter
Suter is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1908): synonym of ''Specula styliformis''
(Suter, 1908)
* † ''Specula infelix''
Marwick, 1931: synonym of † ''
Cerithiella infelix''
(Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
* ''Specula marginata''
(Suter
Suter is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1908): synonym of ''
Mendax marginata''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''Specula odhneri''
( Powell, 1927) : synonym of ''Mendax trizonalis odhneri''
(Powell, 1927)
* ''Specula sassieri''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020: synonym of ''
Phosinella sagraiana''
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
* ''Specula widmeriana''
Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 : synonym of ''
Sundaya widmeriana''
(Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014)
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
External links
GBIF
Cerithiopsidae
Taxa named by Harold John Finlay
Gastropod genera
{{Cerithiopsidae-stub