Lissotesta
Encyclopedia
Lissotesta is a genus
of minute sea snail
s or micromolluscs, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Turbinidae
.
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 minute sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s or micromolluscs, 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 molluscs 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...
Turbinidae
Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...
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Species
Species within the genus Lissotesta include:- Lissotesta ambiguaLissotesta ambiguaLissotesta ambigua is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956 - Lissotesta aupouriaLissotesta aupouriaLissotesta aupouria is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1937 - Lissotesta benthicolaLissotesta benthicolaLissotesta benthicola is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1927 - Lissotesta bicarinataLissotesta bicarinataLissotesta bicarinata is a species of very minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1940 - Lissotesta conoideaLissotesta conoideaLissotesta conoidea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1937 - Lissotesta contabulata
- Lissotesta decipiensLissotesta decipiensLissotesta decipiens is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1940 - Lissotesta errataLissotesta errataLissotesta errata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1927 - Lissotesta exigua
- Lissotesta granumLissotesta granumLissotesta granum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Murdoch and SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1906 - Lissotesta liratulaLissotesta liratulaLissotesta liratula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....
- Lissotesta mammillataLissotesta mammillataLissotesta mammillata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....
- Lissotesta minutissimaLissotesta minutissimaLissotesta minutissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....
- Lissotesta oblataLissotesta oblataLissotesta oblata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1940 - Lissotesta otagoensisLissotesta otagoensisLissotesta otagoensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956 - Lissotesta strebeliLissotesta strebeliLissotesta strebeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae....