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Plesiocystiscus
Sign in to savePlesiocystiscus is a genus of minute predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cystiscidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyCystiscidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 107
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cystiscidae
- Collections
- LACM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Cystiscidae
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- Etymology
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- Anatomy
- Ecology
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Plesiocystiscus is a genus of minute predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cystiscidae.
==Etymology== The genus name is derived from the Greek plesios, near, in the sense of plesiomorphic, of characters near the ancestor, combined with Cystiscus the name of another closely related genus. This indicates the relationship to the genus Cystiscus, type genus of the family. The gender of the name is masculine.
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