Caliendrula
Encyclopedia
Caliendrula is a genus
of sea snail
marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Clavatulidae
. The species Latiaxis elstoni (Barnard, 1962) was recently reclassified to the Caliendrula genus.
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 sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
marine 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...
Clavatulidae
Clavatulidae
Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.The family is not well differentiated morphologically....
. The species Latiaxis elstoni (Barnard, 1962) was recently reclassified to the Caliendrula genus.
Species
- Toxiclionella elstoniToxiclionella elstoniToxiclionella elstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. -References:* Kilburn, R.N. . Turridae of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 2. Subfamily Clavatulinae. Ann. Natal Mus. 26, 417-470...
, also known as Caliendrula elstoni and its basionymBasionymBasionym is a term used in botany, regulated by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
Latiaxis elstoni Barnard, 1962
External links
- Caliendrula at Gastropods.com