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Epitonioidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Higher classification
  
Hypsogastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Superfamily

Epitonioidea

Lower classifications
  
Wentletrap, Nodiscala, Acirsa subcarinata, Opalia zelandica

Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa. This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.

Taxonomy

Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:

  • Family Epitoniidae S.S. Berry, 1910, the wentletraps
  • Family Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822, the purple snails
  • Family Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952
  • References

    Epitonioidea Wikipedia


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