Cithna
Encyclopedia
Cithna is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Liotiidae
.
synonyms:
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...
Liotiidae
Liotiidae
Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda .- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Species
Species within the genus Cithna include:- no valid species?
synonyms:
- Cithna carinataCithna carinataHaloceras carinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclostrematidae.-References:* JEFFREYS J.G., 1883 On the Mollusca procured during the "Lightning" and "Porcupine" expeditions 1868-70. Part VI. Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1882 : 88-149* WAREN, A. & P...
Jeffreys, 1883 is a synonym of Haloceras carinata (Jeffreys, 1883) - Cithna cingulata Verrill, 1884 is a synonym of Haloceras cingulata (Verrill, 1884)
- Cithna jeffreysi (Dautzenberg, 1889) is a synonym of Benthonella tenella (Jeffreys, 1869)
- Cithna marshalli Sykes, 1925 is a synonym of Iphitus marshalli (Sykes, 1925)
- Cithna naticiformis Jeffreys, 1883 is a synonym of Choristella nofroniiChoristella nofroniiChoristella nofronii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetellidae....
McLean, 1992