Fossarus
Encyclopedia
Fossarus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Planaxidae
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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...
Planaxidae
Planaxidae
Planaxidae, common name planaxids, are a taxonomic family of small and minute sea snails, pantropical marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :...
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Species
Species within the genus Fossarus include:- Fossarus ambiguusFossarus ambiguusFossarus ambiguus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Fossarus bellusFossarus bellusFossarus bellus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
Dall, 1889 - Fossarus compactusFossarus compactusFossarus compactus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
Dall, 1889 - Fossarus elegansFossarus elegansFossarus elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
Verrill & Smith, 1882 - Fossarus erythraoensisFossarus erythraoensisFossarus erythraoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
- Fossarus lamellosusFossarus lamellosusFossarus lamellosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
Mountrouzier - Fossarus macmurdensisFossarus macmurdensisFossarus macmurdensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
(Hedley, 1911) - Fossarus orbignyiFossarus orbignyiFossarus orbignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae....
P. Fischer, 1864