''Stosicia'' 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 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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s or
micromollusk
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
s in the
family
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Zebinidae
Zebinidae is a family of 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 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* ''
Stosicia aberrans''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Stosicia abnormis''
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
* ''
Stosicia annulata''
(Dunker, 1859)
* † ''
Stosicia bandensis'' (Kókay, 1966)
* ''
Stosicia bougei''
(Bavay, 1917)
* ''
Stosicia bourguignati''
(Issel, 1869)
* † ''
Stosicia buccinalis''
(Grateloup, 1828)
* ''
Stosicia chiltoni
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Oliver, 1914)
* † ''
Stosicia costata''
(Boettger, 1887)
* ''
Stosicia fernandezgarcesi''
Espinosa & Ortea, 2002
* ''
Stosicia garciai
''Stosicia garciai'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics ...
''
Rolán, Férnández-Garcés & Lee, 2009
* ''
Stosicia hedleyi
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Tate, 1899)
* ''
Stosicia hiloensis
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908)
* ''
Stosicia houbricki
''Stosicia houbricki'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Belize.
Description
The maximum recorded shell
Shell may ...
''
Sleurs, 1996
* ''
Stosicia incisa
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Laseron, 1956)
* ''
Stosicia lochi
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
Sleurs, 1996
* ''
Stosicia manikiensis
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
Sleurs, 1996
* ''
Stosicia mirabilis
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Weinkauff, 1881)
* † ''
Stosicia multicingulata
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Boettger, 1887)
* ''
Stosicia paschalis
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* '' Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* '' Stosicia abnormis'' (G. N ...
''
(Melvill & Standen, 1901)
* † ''
Stosicia semicostulata
''Stosicia'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Zebinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stosicia'' include:
* ''Stosicia aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850 ...
''
(Boettger, 1887)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Stosicia planaxoides''
(Grateloup, 1838): synonym of † ''
Stosicia buccinalis''
(Grateloup, 1828)
* ''Stosicia polytropa''
(Hedley, 1899): synonym of ''Stosicia mirabilis''
(Weinkauff, 1881)
References
Brusina, S. 1870a. [Untitled]. Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu 1: 212-214* Sleurs W.J.M. (1996) A revision of the Recent species of the genus Stosicia (Gastropoda: Rissoidae). Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, Klasse der Wetenschappen 58(1): 117-158, 19 pls.
Ponder W. F. (1985) ''A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea)''. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221.
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