Fustiaria | |
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Fustiaria subeburnea | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Scaphopoda |
Order: | Dentaliida |
Family: |
Fustiariidae Steiner, 1991 [2] |
Genus: |
Fustiaria Stoliczka, 1868 [1] |
Species [3] | |
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Synonyms | |
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Fustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species. [4]
The shells of Fustiaria are characterized as smooth, slender, circular in cross section, slightly curved, thin-walled, and virtually transparent. The central tooth of its radula (chewing organ), called a "rachis", is unusual compared with that of other Dentaliids in that it is flat on its tip rather than pointed. The space around the foot (the "pedal sinus") is divided by a thin horizontal membrane called a septum.
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Fustiaria at Wikimedia Commons
Fustiaria | |
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| |
Fustiaria subeburnea | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Scaphopoda |
Order: | Dentaliida |
Family: |
Fustiariidae Steiner, 1991 [2] |
Genus: |
Fustiaria Stoliczka, 1868 [1] |
Species [3] | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
|
Fustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species. [4]
The shells of Fustiaria are characterized as smooth, slender, circular in cross section, slightly curved, thin-walled, and virtually transparent. The central tooth of its radula (chewing organ), called a "rachis", is unusual compared with that of other Dentaliids in that it is flat on its tip rather than pointed. The space around the foot (the "pedal sinus") is divided by a thin horizontal membrane called a septum.
Media related to
Fustiaria at Wikimedia Commons