Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
()
- Koken, 1896
- Order:
Archaeogastropoda
()
- Cox & Knight, 1960
- Superfamily:
Hydrocenoidea
()
- F.h. Troschel, 1857
- Family:
Hydrocenidae
()
- Genus:
Georissa
()
- Specific name:
elegans
- Quadras & Moellendorff 1894
- Scientific name: - Georissa elegans Quadras & Moellendorff 1894
- Specific name:
elegans
- Quadras & Moellendorff 1894
- Genus:
Georissa
(
- Family:
Hydrocenidae
(
- Superfamily:
Hydrocenoidea
(
- Order:
Archaeogastropoda
(
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Georissa
There are approximately 25 species in this genus:
G. biangulata · G. chrysacmo · G. conspicua · G. cookei · G. elegans · G. exorata · G. frustrillum · G. garrita · G. heudei · G. insularis · G. japonica · G. kauaiensis · G. laevigata · G. laseroni · G. luchuana · G. multilirata · G. rufescens · G. rufola · G. rufula · G. saintemariae · G. sarrita · G. shikokensis · G. shikokuensis · G. striata · G. subglabrata masbatica
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
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Contributors
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852283
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16229197
- IUCN ID: 9073
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4486
