Microstelma
Encyclopedia
Microstelma is a genus
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family
Rissoidae
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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 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 or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s 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...
Rissoidae
Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Distribution and habitat:...
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Species
Species within the genus Microstelma include:- Microstelma columbellaMicrostelma columbellaMicrostelma columbella is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae....
(Dall, 1881) - Microstelma OshikataiMicrostelma OshikataiMicrostelma Oshikatai is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae....
Lan, 2003 - Microstelma vestaleMicrostelma vestaleMicrostelma vestale is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae....
(Rehder, 1943)