''Zygoceras'' 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
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 ...
, a
cowry
Cowrie or cowry () is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae.
Cowrie shells have held cultural, economic, and ornamental significance in various cultures. The cowrie was the shell most widely used wo ...
, a 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 ...
in the family
Haloceratidae .
[MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zygoceras Warén & Bouchet, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23051 on 2023-12-11]
Species
* ''
Zygoceras aqabaense''
Bandel, 2007
* ''
Zygoceras biocalae''
Warén & Bouchet, 1991
* ''
Zygoceras okutanii''
Poppe & Tagaro, 2010
* ''
Zygoceras tropidophorum''
Warén & Bouchet, 1991
;Synonyms:
* ''Zygoceras aqabaensis''
Bandel, 2007: synonym of ''Zygoceras aqabaense''
Bandel, 2007 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Zygoceras tropidophora''
Warén & Bouchet, 1991: synonym of ''Zygoceras tropidophorum''
Warén & Bouchet, 1991 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
References
External links
Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: Systematic position and revision of Haloceras Dall, 1889 (Caenogastropoda, Haloceratidae fam. nov.). in: Crosnier, A. et al. (eds) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 111-161
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Haloceratidae