Phenacolepas
Encyclopedia
Phenacolepas is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Phenacolepadidae
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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 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...
Phenacolepadidae
Phenacolepadidae
Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha ....
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Species
Species within the genus Phenacolepas include:- Phenacolepas arabica
- Phenacolepas asperulataPhenacolepas asperulataPhenacolepas asperulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae....
A. Adams, 1858 - Phenacolepas calva
- Phenacolepas cinnamomea
- Phenacolepas crenulataPhenacolepas crenulataPhenacolepas crenulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae....
- Phenacolepas fischeriPhenacolepas fischeriPhenacolepas fischeri is a species of sea snail, a marine sea gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae....
(Rochebrune, 1881) - Phenacolepas galatheaPhenacolepas galatheaPhenacolepas galathea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae....
(Lamarck) - Phenacolepas immeritus
- Phenacolepas malonei
- Phenacolepas mirabilis
- Phenacolepas nobilis
- Phenacolepas omanensis
- Phenacolepas osculans
- Phenacolepas tenuisculpta