Amathina
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Amathina is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
heterobranch
gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae
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Amathina is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.
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 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)
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...
heterobranch
Heterobranchia
Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs or Euthyneura, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes species from the sea, the land and freshwater; marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks....
gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae
Amathinidae
Amathinidae, is a taxonomic family mostly consisting of small and minute sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea....
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Amathina is the type genus of the family Amathinidae.
Species
Species within the genus Amathina include:- Amathina tricarinataAmathina tricarinataAmathina tricarinata is a species of small sea snail, marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1790)