Cocculina
Encyclopedia
Cocculina is a genus
of sea snail
s, deep-sea limpet
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Cocculinidae
.
Species brought into synonymy:
Nomen dubium
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, deep-sea limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
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...
Cocculinidae
Cocculinidae
Cocculinidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cocculiniformia .- Genera :Genera within the family Cocculinidae include:...
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Species
Species within the genus Cocculina include:- Cocculina agassizii Dall, 1908
- Cocculina baxteri McLean, 1987
- Cocculina cowani McLean, 1987
- Cocculina craigsmithi McLean, 1992
- Cocculina dalli A. E. Verrill, 1884
- Cocculina diomedae Dall, 1908
- Cocculina emsoni McLean & Harasewych, 1995
- Cocculina fenestrataCocculina fenestrataCocculina fenestrata is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae....
Ardila & Harasewych, 2005 - Cocculina japonica Dall, 1907
- Cocculina leptaleaCocculina leptaleaCocculina leptalea is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae.-Distribution:* Range: 38.88°N to 28°N; 80°W to 69.14°W.* USA: New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida; Florida: East Florida...
A. E. Verrill, 1884 - Cocculina leptoglyptaCocculina leptoglyptaCocculina leptoglypta is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae....
Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897 - Cocculina mamilla Di Geronimo, 1974
- Cocculina messingiCocculina messingiCocculina messingi is a species of sea snail, deep-sea limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cocculinidae....
McLean & Harasewych, 1995 - Cocculina nassa Dall, 1908
- Cocculina rathbuni Dall, 1882
- Cocculina superba Clarke, 1960
Species brought into synonymy:
- Cocculina maxima Dautzenberg, 1925 : synonym of Pectinodonta maximaPectinodonta maximaPectinodonta maxima is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pectinodontidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Dautzenberg, 1925)
Nomen dubium
- Cocculina ionica (Nordsieck F., 1973) (nomen dubiumNomen dubiumIn zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...
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