Notosetia
Encyclopedia
Notosetia is a genus
of minute sea snail
s or micromolluscs, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Rissoidae
.
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...
Rissoidae
Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Distribution and habitat:...
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Species
Species within the genus Notosetia include:- Notosetia ghanensisNotosetia ghanensisNotosetia ghanensis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae....
- Notosetia neozelanicaNotosetia neozelanicaNotosetia neozelanica is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae. It is the type species of the genus.-References:...
(SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1898)
- Notosetia aoteanaNotosetia aoteanaNotosetia aoteana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae. It is the type species of the genus.-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...
, 1937 - Notosetia castanea LaseronCharles Francis LaseronCharles Francis Laseron , was an American-born Australian naturalist and malacologist.Charles Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Rev...
, 1950 - Notosetia fairchildi 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...
, 1933 - Notosetia foveauxana Smith, E. C., 1962
- Notosetia lineata (Smith, E. C., 1962)
- Notosetia nitens
- Notosetia ponderi
- Notosetia porcellana