Choristella
Encyclopedia
Choristella is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Lepetellidae
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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, marine 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...
Lepetellidae
Lepetellidae
Lepetellidae is a taxonomic family of small deepwater sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lepetelloidea in the clade Vetigastropoda...
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Species
Species within the genus Choristella include:- Choristella hickmanaeChoristella hickmanaeChoristella hickmanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
McLean, 1992 - Choristella leptaleaChoristella leptaleaChoristella leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
Bush, 1897 - Choristella marshalliChoristella marshalliChoristella marshalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
McLean, 1992 - Choristella nofroniiChoristella nofroniiChoristella nofronii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
McLean, 1992 - Choristella ponderiChoristella ponderiChoristella ponderi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
McLean, 1992 - Choristella teneraChoristella teneraChoristella tenera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
(A. E. Verrill, 1882) - Choristella vitreaChoristella vitreaChoristella vitrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)