''Specula styliformis'' is a
species
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of minute
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod molluscs or
micromollusc
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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 R ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2011). Specula styliformis (Suter, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591969 on 2012-06-16]
References
Further reading
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Cerithiopsidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1908
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