''Unitas'' is an extinct
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
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
Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family (biology), family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this ...
.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
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indicates 40 species accepted within ''Unitas'':
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Unitas aequalis''
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Unitas aliceae''
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Unitas anderseni''
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Unitas angulifera''
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Unitas aquitanica''
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Unitas arenosa''
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Unitas beui''
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Unitas boutillieri''
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Unitas cloezi''
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Unitas cossmanni''
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Unitas costulata''
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Unitas crenulata''
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Unitas danieli''
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Unitas decorticata''
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Unitas delecta''
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Unitas dentifera''
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Unitas diadema''
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Unitas elongata''
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Unitas gailleti''
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Unitas gradata''
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Unitas granulata''
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Unitas hypermeces''
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Unitas infraeocaenica''
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Unitas interrupta''
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Unitas multienensis''
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Unitas nanggulanensis''
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Unitas ornata''
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Unitas parnensis''
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Unitas paulensis''
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Unitas peyreirensis Unitas may refer to:
Places
* 306 Unitas, a main belt asteroid
* Housing complex Unitas, an apartment complex from 1931 in Bratislava, Slovakia
* Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, Maryland, USA; a multipurpose stadium
People
* Johnny Unitas (1933-20 ...
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Unitas ponsi''
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Unitas puruensis''
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Unitas rhabdota''
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Unitas sanctistephani''
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Unitas separata''
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Unitas speciosa''
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Unitas spectabilis''
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Unitas submitroides''
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Unitas substephanensis''
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Unitas suturalis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q27922464
Cancellariidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa described in 1947