Ascobulla
Encyclopedia
Ascobulla is a genus
of sea snail
s, bubble snails, a marine
gastropod sacoglossa
n mollusk in the family Volvatellidae
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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, bubble snails, a 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 sacoglossa
Sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "sap-sucking sea slugs", are a clade of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia...
n mollusk in the family Volvatellidae
Volvatellidae
Volvatellidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Genera:There are two genera in the family Volvatellidae:* Ascobulla Marcus, 1972* Volvatella Pease, 1860...
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Species
Species within the genus Ascobulla include:- Ascobulla californica (Hamatani, 1971)
- Ascobulla fischeri (Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Ascobulla fragilisAscobulla fragilisAscobulla fragilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae.The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Ascobulla fragilis has been available since 2008....
(Jeffreys, 1856) - Ascobulla japonica (Hamatani, 1969)
- Ascobulla pusilla (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
- Ascobulla souverbiei (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1874)
- Ascobulla ulla (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) - http://data.ala.org.au/species/2820529