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Agathotoma candidissima

Agathotoma candidissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Agathotoma quadriseriata

Agathotoma quadriseriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Aliptina acheronae

Aliptina acheronae is a species of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae, and the only species in the genus Aliptina.

Benthomangelia abyssopacifica

Benthomangelia abyssopacifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Benthomangelia brachytona

Benthomangelia brachytona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Benthomangelia celebensis

Benthomangelia celebensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Benthomangelia decapitata

Benthomangelia decapitata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Benthomangelia gracilispira

Benthomangelia gracilispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Benthomangelia trophonoidea

Benthomangelia trophonoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Cerithiopsidae

Cerithiopsidae are a family of very small and minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa.

Cerithiopsidella blacki

Cerithiopsidella blacki is a species of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.

Cerithiopsilla gaussiana

Cerithiopsilla gaussiana is a species of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.

Cerithiopsis arga

Cerithiopsis arga is a species of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.

Clavus viduus

Clavus viduus, common name the black-banded clava, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Drillia rosacea

Drillia rosacea, common name the rose turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Fusiturris undatiruga

Fusiturris undatiruga, common name the wrinkled turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Glyphostoma gabbii

Glyphostoma gabbii, common name Gabb's tooth turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

Glyphostoma golfoyaquense

Glyphostoma golfoyaquense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

Glyphostoma granulifera

Glyphostoma granulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

Glyphostoma lyuhrurngae

Glyphostoma lyuhrurngae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

Glyphostoma polynesiensis

Glyphostoma polynesiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

Glyphostoma purpurascens

Glyphostoma purpurascens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.

Golbaengi muchim

It is made with Neverita didyma (a sea snail), dried shredded squid or dried Alaska pollack, vegetables such as sliced cucumber, and shredded scallions, and mixed with a hot and spicy sauce.

Gymnobela brunnistriata

Gymnobela brunnistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Gymnobela daphnelloides

Gymnobela daphnelloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Gymnobela granulisculpturata

Gymnobela granulisculpturata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

High-spined commensal hydroid

High-spined commensal hydroids grow as a fuzzy-looking orange coat usually on the shell of a marine snail, the scaly dogwhelk Nucella squamosa.

Ithycythara pentagonalis

Ithycythara pentagonalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Mangelia multilineolata

Mangelia multilineolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Mangelia pseudoattenuata

Mangelia pseudoattenuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Marginellidae

Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.

Marginellinae

Marginellinae is a taxonomic subfamily within the larger family of Marginellidae, a group of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Muricoidea.

Mitridae

Mitridae, known as mitre shells, are a taxonomic family of sea snails, widely distributed marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.

Oenopota harpularioides

Oenopota harpularioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Oenopota laticostulata

Oenopota laticostulata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Oenopota metschigmensis

Oenopota metschigmensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Oenopota reticulosculpturata

Oenopota reticulosculpturata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Pagurus prideaux

Like other hermit crabs, P. prideaux has an asymmetric, unarmoured abdomen and protects this by concealing it within the empty shell of a gastropod of appropriate size and shape, and carrying it around by clasping onto an internal part of the columella of the sea snail shell.

Perrona obesa

Perrona obesa, common name the obese turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Pyrgocythara albovittata

Pyrgocythara albovittata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Pyrgocythara densestriata

Pyrgocythara densestriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Pyrgocythara fuscoligata

Pyrgocythara fuscoligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Pyrgocythara subdiaphana

Pyrgocythara subdiaphana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Santa Marta Formation

Polychaete annelid worms such as Rotularia and gastropods such as the cerithiid sea snail Cerithium have also been discovered in beds within the formation.

Typhlomangelia fluctuosa

Typhlomangelia fluctuosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Typhlomangelia innocentia

Typhlomangelia innocentia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Typhlomangelia maldivica

Typhlomangelia maldivica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Typhlomangelia polythele

Typhlomangelia polythele is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Typhlomangelia principalis

Typhlomangelia principalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.


see also

Bolinus brandaris

Bolinus brandaris (originally called Murex brandaris by Linnaeus), and commonly known as the purple dye murex or the spiny dye-murex, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or the rock snails.

C. africanus

Conus africanus, the African cone, a predatory sea snail species

C. chinensis

Calyptraea chinensis, the Chinese hat snail or Chinese hat shell, a small sea snail species found in North-West Africa, in the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Black Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

C. giganteum

Campanile giganteum, a species of exceptionally large fossil sea snail

J. japonica

Julia japonica, a sea snail species found in Wakayama, Honshū, Japan

Marine Life of the Straits of Messina

Benthic species of importance are Pilumnus inermis, previously considered and which is exclusively Atlantic; Errina aspera (Hydrozoa), a famous endemic species of the Strait of Messina, on which lives a parasitic sea snail (Pedicularia sicula); found between 80 and 110 m.

Marsus

Spectamen marsus, Pacific sea snail species with a streaked top shell

Murdochella

Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Nystiellidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.

N. fenestrata

Notoacmea fenestrata, the fenestrate limpet, a sea snail species in the genus Notoacmea

N. nitida

Nitidella nitida, the glossy dove shell, a sea snail species found in the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, and from Florida to Brazil

Nystiellidae

Nystiellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Epitonioidea which includes the wentletraps, the purple snails and their allies.

O. fenestrata

Ocenebra fenestrata, the fenestrate oyster drill, a sea snail species in the genus Ocenebra found in South Africa

P. globulus

Pustularia globulus, a cowry, a sea snail species occurring in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

Sacerdotalis

Crassispira sacerdotalis is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids

T. angulata

Turbinella angulata, the West Indian chank shell, a very large tropical sea snail species found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from the Florida Keys and the Bahamas south to Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti and from the Caribbean coast of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia

T. dentatus

Tridentarius dentatus, the toothed conch, a sea snail species found in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean

T. fenestrata

Tectura fenestrata, Reeve, 1855, a sea snail species in the genus Tectura

T. laevigata

Turbinella laevigata, the Brazilian chank, a very large sea snail species found in Brazil

T. laxa

Trabecula laxa, a sea snail species found in the Gulf of Mexico

Zilpha

Mitromorpha zilpha, species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Conoidea, the cone snails and their allies