Gaza (gastropod)
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Gaza is a genus
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...

 Trochidae
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top snails, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ....

, the top snails.

Species

Species within the genus Gaza include:
  • Gaza compta
    Gaza compta
    Gaza compta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Simone & Cunha, 2006
  • Gaza cubana
    Gaza cubana
    Gaza cubana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Clench & Aguayo, 1940
  • Gaza fischeri
    Gaza fischeri
    Gaza fischeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails....

    Dall, 1889
  • Gaza olivacea Quinn, 1991
  • Gaza sericata Kira, 1959
  • Gaza superba
    Gaza superba
    Gaza superba is a species of deep sea sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-External links:* *...

    (Dall, 1881)
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