Venustilifer
Encyclopedia
Venustilifer is a genus
of small parasitic sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Stiliferidae
.
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 parasitic sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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 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...
Stiliferidae
Stiliferidae
Stiliferidae is a taxonomic family of small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Eulimoidea.-Genera:Genera within the family Stiliferidae include:* Athleenia * Mucronalia * Stilifer Broderip and Sowerby, 1832...
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Species
Species within the genus Venustilifer include:- Venustilifer bountyensisVenustilifer bountyensisVenustilifer bountyensis is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Stiliferidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1933)