Temnocinclis
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Temnocinclis is a monotypic genus
of sea snail
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Sutilizonidae
containing the single species Temnocinclis euripes. This mollusc, a species of slit-limpet that measures up to four millimeters long, lives at hydrothermal vent
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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....
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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...
Sutilizonidae
Sutilizonidae
Sutilizonidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda .- Taxonomy :This family has no subfamilies....
containing the single species Temnocinclis euripes. This mollusc, a species of slit-limpet that measures up to four millimeters long, lives at hydrothermal vent
Hydrothermal vent
A hydrothermal vent is a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues. Hydrothermal vents are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart, ocean basins, and hotspots. Hydrothermal vents exist because the earth is both...
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