Nesiodostomia
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Nesiodostomia is a genus
Genus
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 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)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....

, the pyrams and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Nesiodostomia include:
  • Nesiodostomia montforti
    Nesiodostomia montforti
    Nesiodostomia montforti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...

    Corgan, 1972
  • Nesiodostomia quarta
    Nesiodostomia quarta
    Nesiodostomia quarta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...

    (Pilsbry, 1918)
  • Nesiodostomia tertia
    Nesiodostomia tertia
    Nesiodostomia tertia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...

    (Pilsbry, 1918)



The following species were brought into synonymy:
  • Nesiodostomia quinta (Pilsbry, 1944) accepted as Nesiodostomia tertia
    Nesiodostomia tertia
    Nesiodostomia tertia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...

    (Pilsbry, 1918)

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