Echinophoria
Encyclopedia
Echinophoria is a genus
of large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
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 large 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...
Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails.
Species
Species within the genus Echinophoria include:- Echinophoria bituberculosa
- Echinophoria carnosa
- Echinophoria coronadoiEchinophoria coronadoiEchinophoria coronadoi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cassidae, the helmet snails and bonnet snails....
- Echinophoria hadra
- Echinophoria mozambicana
- Echinophoria pilsbryi
- Echinophoria wyvillei
Synonyms:
- Echinophoria oschei = Echinophoria wyvillei