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Cystiscinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Subfamily

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea


Cystiscinae are a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae, and the clade Neogastropoda.

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Diagnosis

Shell minute to small, white; spire immersed to low; surface smooth or axially costate; lip thickened, smooth or denticulate; external varix absent; siphonal notch absent; posterior notch absent; columella multiplicate, with combined total of usually 2 to 8 plications plus parietal lirae; internal whorls cystiscid type. Animal mantle smooth, at least partially extending over external shell surface. Internal anatomy unknown.

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Cystiscinae are as follows:

  • † Topaginella Laseron, 1857
  • Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865
  • Crithe Gould, 1860
  • Extra Jousseaume, 1894
  • Intelcystiscus Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
  • Inbiocystiscus Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
  • Ticocystiscus Espinosa & Ortea, 2002

    • References

    Cystiscinae Wikipedia
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