Austrocarina
Encyclopedia
Austrocarina is a genus
of small predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Horaiclavidae
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It was within Pseudomelatomidae
.
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 predatory 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...
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...
Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.- Genera :Genera within the family Horaiclavidae include:* Anacithara Hedley, 1922* Anguloclavus Shuto, 1983...
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It was within Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda...
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Species
Species within the genus Austrocarina include:- Austrocarina rectaAustrocarina rectaAustrocarina recta is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.It was within Pseudomelatomidae....
(Hedley, 1903)