''Torellia'' 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 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 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 in the
family
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Capulidae
The Capulidae, the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2012). Capulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...
, the cap snails.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Torellia'':
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Torellia acuta''
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Torellia angulifera''
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Torellia antarctica''
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Torellia cornea''
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Torellia delicata''
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Torellia didyma''
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Torellia exilis''
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Torellia insignis''
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Torellia lanata''
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Torellia loyaute''
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Torellia mirabilis''
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Torellia pacifica''
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Torellia planispira''
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Torellia smithi''
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Torellia vallonia''
References
Capulidae
Gastropod genera
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