Strictispira redferni
Encyclopedia
Strictispira redferni is a species
of small sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Strictispiridae
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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 small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk 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...
Strictispiridae
Strictispiridae
Strictispiridae is a taxonomic family sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.This family has no subfamilies.- Genera :Genera in the family Strictispiridae include:*Cleospira McLean, 1971** Cleospira bicolor...
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Distribution
S. redferni can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Bahamas to JamaicaJamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
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