Astyris
Encyclopedia
Astyris is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Columbellidae
, the dove snails.
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...
Columbellidae
Columbellidae
Columbellidae, common name the "dove snails" or "dove shells" are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Distribution:...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus Astyris include:- Astyris amiantis Dall, 1919
- Astyris amphissellaAstyris amphissellaAstyris amphissella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Dall, 1881) - Astyris angeliAstyris angeliAstyris angeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Espinosa, Fernandez-Garcès & Ortea, 2004 - Astyris appressa Dall, 1927
- Astyris bonariensis Castellanos & Deambrosi, 1967
- Astyris crumena Dall, 1924
- Astyris diaphanaAstyris diaphanaAstyris diaphana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
A. E. Verrill, 1882 - Astyris embusa Dall, 1927
- Astyris enida Dall, 1927
- Astyris euribia Dall, 1927
- Astyris frumarkernorumAstyris frumarkernorumAstyris frumarkernorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Garcia, 2009 - Astyris georgiana Dall, 1927
- Astyris hypodra (Dall, 1916)
- Astyris kobai Golikov & Kussakin, 1962
- Astyris labecula Gould, 1862
- Astyris lunataAstyris lunataAstyris lunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Say, 1826) - Astyris multilineataAstyris multilineataAstyris multilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Dall, 1889) - Astyris perlucida Dall, 1927
- Astyris profundiAstyris profundiAstyris profundi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Cape Verde and along North Carolina, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea.-References:*...
(Dall, 1889) - Astyris projecta Dall, 1927
- Astyris puraAstyris puraAstyris pura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
A. E. Verrill, 1882 - Astyris raveneliAstyris raveneliAstyris raveneli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Dall, 1889) - Astyris rolaniAstyris rolaniAstyris rolani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Espinosa, Fernandez-Garcès & Ortea, 2004 - Astyris rosaceaAstyris rosaceaAstyris rosacea, common name the rosy northern dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Gould, 1840) - Astyris sagenata Dall, 1927
- Astyris salmonea (Barnard, 1963)
- Astyris stemma Dall, 1927
- Astyris suavis (Smith, 1906)
- Astyris verrilliAstyris verrilliAstyris verrilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Dall, 1881) - Astyris vidua Dall, 1924