Douglassia
Encyclopedia
Douglassia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Drilliidae
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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 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...
Drilliidae
Drilliidae
Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...
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Species
Species within the genus Douglassia include:- Douglassia bealiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942: synonym of Drillia bealianaDrillia bealianaDrillia bealiana, common name Beal's drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.This species was renamed Drillia bealiana by E.C. Rios in 1994...
(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942) - Douglassia enae Bartsch, 1934: synonym of Drillia enaeDrillia enaeDrillia enae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico at depths between 73 m and 146 m.-References:...
(Bartsch, 1934) - Douglassia nodosa Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Splendrillia coccinataSplendrillia coccinataSplendrillia coccinata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, the Lesser Antilles and off Puerto Rico....
(Reeve, 1845)