Litiopidae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Scientific name Litiopidae Rank Family
Similar Planaxidae, Cerithiopsidae, Barleeiidae, Hipponicidae, Anabathridae

Litiopidae, common name litiopids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Litiopidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Litiopidae include:

Alaba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Diffalaba Iredale, 1936

Gibborissoa Cossmann in Sacco, 1899

Gibborissoia Sacco, 1895

Litiopa Rang, 1829 - the type genus of the family Litiopidae

Litiopa melanostoma (Rang, 1829)

Litiopella Bandel & Kiel, 2000

Litiopella schoeningi Bandel & Kiel, 2000 - from Cretaceous

Spirostyliferina Bandel, 2006 - with the only species Spirostyliferina lizardensis Bandel, 2006

Styliferina Adams, 1860

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