Cittarium
Encyclopedia
Cittarium is a genus
of a sea snail
s, a marine
gastropod mollusk in the family
Turbinidae
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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 a sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, a marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusk 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...
Turbinidae
Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...
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Species
There are two species in the genus Cittarium:- † Cittarium maestratiiCittarium maestratiiCittarium pica is an extinct species of a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.It is known from Chattian, that is stage of a Late Oligocene.-External links:*...
Lozouet, 2002 - Cittarium picaCittarium picaCittarium pica, common name the West Indian top shell or magpie shell, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae. This species has a large black and white shell....
(Linnaeus, 1758)