Balanetta
Encyclopedia
Balanetta is a genus
of small, often colorful, sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family
of the margin shells (Marginellidae
).
Species brought into synonymy :
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 small, often colorful, 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 molluscs in the taxonomic 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...
of the margin shells (Marginellidae
Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.- Taxonomy :...
).
Species
- Balanetta amydrozona (Melvill, 1906)
- Balanetta baylii Jousseaume, 1875
- Balanetta cylichnella (May, 1917)
- Balanetta pisum (Reeve, 1865)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Balanetta decaryi Bavay, 1920 : synonym of Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920)
- Balanetta ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846): synonym of Ovaginella ovulum (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)