Tjaernoeiidae
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Tjaernoeia is a genus of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia
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Tjaernoeia is the only genus in the family Tjaernoeiidae.
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 informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly-evolved sea slugs and sea snails, within the clade Heterobranchia...
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Tjaernoeia is the only genus in the family Tjaernoeiidae.
Species
Species in the genus Tjaernoeia include:- Tjaernoeia boucheti Warén, 1991 - from deep water in the northeastern Atlantic
- Tjaernoeia exquisita (Jeffreys, 1883) - described from CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
, also known from GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south... - Tjaernoeia michaeli Engl, 2002
- Tjaernoeia unisulcata (Chaster, 1897)