Carinapex
Encyclopedia
Carinapex is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Horaiclavidae
.
It was within Crassispirinae
, Turridae
.
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....
s, 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...
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 Crassispirinae
Crassispirinae
Crassispirinae is a subfamily of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae, commonly named turrids.- Genera :Genera in the subfamily Crassispirinae include:*Aoteadrillia Powell, 1942...
, Turridae
Turridae
Turridae, , is a large taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, that vary in size from minute to moderately large. With more than 4,000 species, the Turridae is the largest mollusk family and group of marine caenogastropods...
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Species
Species within the genus Carinapex include:- Carinapex minutissimaCarinapex minutissimaCarinapex minutissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.It was within Turridae....
- Carinapex papillosaCarinapex papillosaCarinapex papillosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.It was within Turridae....
(Garrett, 1873)