Gourmya
Encyclopedia
Gourmya is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Cerithiidae
.
Species brought into synonymy :
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 sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, 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 mollusks 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...
Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :...
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Species
Species within the genus Gourmya include:- Gourmya gourmyi (Crosse, 1861)
- Gourmya (Gladiocerithium) argutumGourmya argutumGourmya argutum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.There is one variety : Gourmya argutum var. argutum...
(Monterosato, 1911)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Gourmya echinata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Cerithium echinatumCerithium echinatumCerithium echinatum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.-Description:This snail's shell has a short siphonal canal. The shell has spiral rows of bumps as well as reddish-brown dashes...
Lamarck, 1822