Georissa
Encyclopedia
Georissa is a genus
of minute cave snail
s, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrocenidae
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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 minute cave snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrocenidae
Hydrocenidae
Hydrocenidae is a poorly-known taxonomic family of minute land snails or cave snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha....
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Species
Species within the genus Georissa include:- Georissa bangueyensis
- Georissa biangulataGeorissa biangulataGeorissa biangulata is a species of minute cave snails that have an operculum. They are gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrocenidae.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Georissa borneensis
- Georissa elegansGeorissa elegansGeorissa elegans is a species of minute cave snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrocenidae of gastropod in the Hydrocenidae family.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Georissa filiasaulae Haase & Schilthuizen, 2007
- Georissa gomantongensis
- Georissa hosei
- Georissa laevigataGeorissa laevigataGeorissa laevigata is a species of a land snail, a minute cave snail, gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrocenidae.This species is endemic to Guam....
- Georissa laseroniGeorissa laseroniGeorissa laseroni is a species of minute cave snails that have an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrocenidae.This species is endemic to Australia.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Georissa monterosatiana
- Georissa purchasi
- Georissa pyxis (Benson)
- Georissa rufulaGeorissa rufulaGeorissa rufula is a species of minute cave snails, gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrocenidae. This species is endemic to Micronesia.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
- Georissa saulae Benthem-Jutting, 1966
- Georissa scalinella
- Georissa semisculpta
- Georissa similis