Cocculinella

Cocculinella is a genus of small, deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cocculinellidae, the limpets.[2]

Cocculinella
Cocculinella minutissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Clade: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Cocculinellidae
Genus: Cocculinella
Thiele, 1909 [1]
Type species
Acmaea minutissima
E. A. Smith, 1904

Species

Species within the genus Cocculinella include:[2]

References

  1. Thiele J., 1909: Cocculinoidea und die Gattungen Phenacolepas und Titiscania Martini & Chemnitz, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 2nd ed. 11A (539): 1-48
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cocculinella Thiele, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570839 on 2013-02-02


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