Nodiscala
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Nodiscala is a taxonomic genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
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 small 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, 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...
Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Species
Species within the genus Nodiscala include:- Nodiscala ahiparanaNodiscala ahiparanaNodiscala ahiparana is a species of very small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.-References:...
(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...
, 1930) - Nodiscala bicarinata (Sowerby II, 1844-a)
- Nodiscala attenuata (Pease, 1861)
- Nodiscala matajiroi Kuroda, 1954
- Nodiscala monovaricosa Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961-a
- Nodiscala japonica Okutani, 1964-b
- Nodiscala gracilis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971
- Nodiscala mormulaeformis Masahito, Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971
- Nodiscala spongiosa (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864) - spongy wentletrap - Nodiscala zelandicaNodiscala zelandicaNodiscala zelandica is a species of very small deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.-References:...
Finlay, 1930