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Tudicula is a genus

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 large 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...

Turbinellidae

Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.-Distribution:Species in this family are found world-wide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.- Subfamilies :...

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In 1987, Rosenberg and Petit reassigned this to a new genus they created, Tudivasum
Tudivasum
Tudivasum is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Vasinae, the vase shells, within the family Turbinellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Tudivasum include:*Tudivasum armigerum*Tudivasum inerme...

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Species

Species within the genus Tudicula used to include:

Tudicula inermis Angas, 1878 : synonym of Tudivasum inerme (Angas, 1878)
Tudicula kurtzi Macpherson, 1964 : synonym of Tudivasum kurtzi (Macpherson, 1964)
Tudicula rasilistoma Abbott, 1959 : synonym of Tudivasum rasilistoma (Abbott, 1959)
Tudicula spinosa (H. & A. Adams, 1864) : synonym of Tudivasum spinosum (H. & A. Adams, 1864)
Tudicula zanzibarica : synonym of Tudivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958)

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