Carinaria
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Carinaria is a genus
of medium-sized floating sea snails, pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family
Carinariidae
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, a well-developed trunk and tail region of variable size. The size of this tail goes from very small in Carinaria galea to very large in Carinaria cristata. The well-developed swimming fin is located in both sexes at the back of the trunk and has at its back margin a small fin sucker. The right tentacle
is small or vestigial. The cuticle
is thick and gelatinous.
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of medium-sized floating sea snails, pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Carinariidae
Carinariidae
Carinariidae, known by the common name "heteropods" like their relatives in the Pterotracheoidea, is a taxonomic family of swimming or floating sea snails, pelagic marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...
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Anatomy
The cylindrical and elongate body consists of three parts : a short proboscisProboscis
A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In simpler terms, a proboscis is the straw-like mouth found in several varieties of species.-Etymology:...
, a well-developed trunk and tail region of variable size. The size of this tail goes from very small in Carinaria galea to very large in Carinaria cristata. The well-developed swimming fin is located in both sexes at the back of the trunk and has at its back margin a small fin sucker. The right tentacle
Tentacle
A tentacle or bothrium is one of usually two or more elongated flexible organs present in animals, especially invertebrates. The term may also refer to the hairs of the leaves of some insectivorous plants. Usually, tentacles are used for feeding, feeling and grasping. Anatomically, they work like...
is small or vestigial. The cuticle
Cuticle
A cuticle , or cuticula, is a term used for any of a variety of tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism, that provide protection. Various types of "cuticles" are non-homologous; differing in their origin, structure, function, and chemical composition...
is thick and gelatinous.
Species
Species within the genus Carinaria include:- Carinaria lamarckiiCarinaria lamarckiiCarinaria lamarckii is a species of sea gastropod, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Carinariidae.- Description :The maximum recorded length is 115 mm.-External links:* *...
Blainville, 1817 - synonyms: Carinaria australis J. R. C. Quoy & J. P. Gaimard, 1833 - Carinaria mediterranea de Blainville, 1825
- Carinaria pseudorugosaCarinaria pseudorugosaCarinaria pseudorugosa is a species of sea gastropod, a holoplanktonic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Carinariidae....
Vayssière, 1904 - synonym: Carinaria challengeri Bonnevie, 1920 Carinaria lamarcki challengeri Bonnevie, 1920
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- Carinaria cithara Benson, 1835 - harp carinaria
- Carinaria cithara procumbens Tesch, 1906 - Indo-Pacific, Japan
- Carinaria cristata (Linnaeus, 1767) - Indo-Pacific
- Carinaria galea Benson, 1835 - helmet carinaria; Indo-Pacific
- Carinaria japonica Okutani, 1955 - Japan, North Pacific
Further reading
- Seapy, Roger R. 2008. Carinaria Lamarck 1801. Version 12 July 2008, Tree of Life Web Project: Carinaria
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 - Bonnevie, K. 1920. Heteropoda collected during the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 1910 3(2) 1-16, pls. 1-5. [True date: 28 Feb 1920.]
- Malacolog Version 4.1.0 : A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca