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Nystiellidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Epitonioidea

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Nystiellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Epitonioidea which includes the wentletraps, the purple snails and their allies.

This family was previously considered as a subfamily of Epitoniidae. It was raised to family status by Nützel in 1998

Genera

Genera within the family Nystiellidae include: [1]

  • Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
  • Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Murdochella Jeffreys, 1883
  • Narrimania Taviani, 1984
  • Opaliopsis Thiele, 1928
  • Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
    • Genera brought into synonymy 
  • Abyssiscala de Boury, 1911: synonym of Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
  • Iphitella Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Pustuliscala de Boury, 1921 : synonym of Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
  • Sculptifer Beu & Climo, 1974 : synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Solutiscala de Boury, 1909 : synonym of Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
  • Stylotrochus Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883

    • References

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