Spectamen rikae
Encyclopedia
Spectamen rikae is a species
of sea snail
, a gastropod mollusk that used to belong in the family
Solariellidae
.
This species, described as a marine species, is actually terrestrial. It has therefore become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a gastropod mollusk that used to belong 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...
Solariellidae
Solariellidae
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea...
.
This species, described as a marine species, is actually terrestrial. It has therefore become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis