Orrmaesia
Encyclopedia
Orrmaesia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Drilliidae
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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 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...
Drilliidae
Drilliidae
Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...
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Species
Species within the genus Orrmaesia include:- Orrmaesia ancilla (Thiele, 1925)
- Orrmaesia dorsicostaOrrmaesia dorsicostaOrrmaesia dorsicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Southeast Atlantic Ocean off Transkei and Zululand, South Africa.-References:...
Kilburn, 1988 - Orrmaesia nucellaOrrmaesia nucellaOrrmaesia nucella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Indian Ocean off Transkei and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-References:...
Kilburn, 1988