Verticosta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, in the family Capulidae.[1][2]
| Verticosta | |
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| Original image of a shell of Verticosta migrans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Capulidae |
| Genus: | Verticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020 |
| Type species | |
| Trichotropis migrans Dall, 1881
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Verticosta include:
- Verticosta campanella S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
- Verticosta crassicostata (Melvill, 1912)
- Verticosta lanterna S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
- Verticosta migrans (Dall, 1881)
- Verticosta robusta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2020). MolluscaBase. Verticosta S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1397672 on 2020-01-07
- ^ Huang S.-I [Shih-I] & Lin M.-H. [Ming-Hui]. (2020). Verticosta n. gen. from Taiwan, Philippine, Gulf of Oman and North Atlantic Ocean (Gastropoda, Capulidae). Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 43: 13-24.