Stephopoma
Encyclopedia
Stephopoma is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Siliquariidae
, the "slit worm shells" or "slit worm snail.
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 molluscs in the family Siliquariidae
Siliquariidae
Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :...
, the "slit worm shells" or "slit worm snail.
Species
Species within the genus Stephopoma include:- Stephopoma abrolhosense
- Stephopoma levispinosum
- Stephopoma mammillatus
- Stephopoma myrakeenae
- Stephopoma pennatum
- Stephopoma roseumStephopoma roseumStephopoma roseum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Siliquariidae, the slit worm snails.-References:...
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) = Stephopoma nucleogranosum - Stephopoma tricuspe
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur 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...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1