Phaenomenella
Encyclopedia
Phaenomenella is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Phaenomenella :
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 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...
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 true whelks.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Phaenomenella :
- Phaenomenella angustaPhaenomenella angustaPhaenomenella angusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Hadorn & Fraussen, 2006 - Phaenomenella callophorella (Fraussen, 2003)
- Phaenomenella inflata (Shikama, 1971)
- Phaenomenella insulapratasensis (Okutani & Lan, 1994)
- Phaenomenella mokenorumPhaenomenella mokenorumPhaenomenella mokenorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen, 2008