Glaphyrina
Encyclopedia
Glaphyrina is a genus of large sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusc in the family
Buccinidae
, the whelks.
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 mollusc 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...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the whelks.
Species
Species in the genus Glaphyrina include:- Glaphyrina caudataGlaphyrina caudataGlaphyrina caudata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Shell description:Shell rather small, elongated fusiform, solid, with a moderately long canal...
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) - Glaphyrina plicataGlaphyrina plicataGlaphyrina plicata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Distribution:This species is endemic to the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand...
PowellArthur 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...
, 1929)