Carpiscula
Encyclopedia
Carpiscula is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Ovulidae
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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
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...
Ovulidae
Ovulidae
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.-Distribution:...
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Species
Species within the genus Carpiscula include:- Carpiscula bullataCarpiscula bullataCarpiscula bullata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....
(G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) - Carpiscula galearisCarpiscula galearisCarpiscula galearis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....
Cate, 1973 - Carpiscula proceraCarpiscula proceraCarpiscula procera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....
Fehse, 2009 - Carpiscula virginiaeCarpiscula virginiaeCarpiscula virginiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries....
Lorenz & Fehse, 2009