Specula (gastropod)

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Specula is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[2]

Specula
Specula copiosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Specula
Finlay, 1926[1]
Type species
Cerithiopsis styliformis
Suter, 1908

Species

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Species in the genus Specula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Specula canaliculata (Suter, 1908): synonym of Specula retifera (Suter, 1908)
  • Specula dissimilis (Suter, 1908): synonym of Specula styliformis (Suter, 1908)
  • Specula infelix Marwick, 1931: synonym of † Cerithiella infelix (Marwick, 1931) (original combination)
  • Specula marginata (Suter, 1908): synonym of Mendax marginata (Suter, 1908)
  • Specula odhneri (Powell, 1927) : synonym of Mendax trizonalis odhneri (Powell, 1927)
  • Specula sassieri Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020: synonym of Phosinella sagraiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Specula widmeriana Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 : synonym of Sundaya widmeriana (Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014)

References

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  1. ^ Finlay (1926). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 57: 382.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Specula Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591966 on 2012-06-16
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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