Torellia
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Torellia is a genus
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
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Capulidae
Capulidae
Capulidae, common name the cap snails or cap shells, are a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Capulidae is the only family in the superfamily Capuloidea....

, the cap snails.

Species

Species within the genus Torellia include:
  • Torellia antarctica
    Torellia antarctica
    Torellia antarctica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    (Thiele, 1912)
  • Torellia cornea
    Torellia cornea
    Torellia cornea is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    Powell, 1951
  • Torellia delicata
    Torellia delicata
    Torellia delicata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    (Philippi, 1844)
  • Torellia didyma
    Torellia didyma
    Torellia didyma is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    Bouchet & Warén, 1993
  • Torellia exilis
    Torellia exilis
    Torellia exilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    (Powell, 1958)
  • Torellia insignis
    Torellia insignis
    Torellia insignis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    (Smith, 1915)
  • Torellia mirabilis
    Torellia mirabilis
    Torellia mirabilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    (Smith, 1907)
  • Torellia planispira
    Torellia planispira
    Torellia planispira is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    (Smith, 1915)
  • Torellia smithi
    Torellia smithi
    Torellia smithi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails....

    Waren, Arnaud & Cantera, 1986
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