Oxynoidae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Oxynooidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Scientific name Oxynoidae Rank Family

Similar Oxynoe, Lobiger, Cylindrobulla, Juliidae, Plakobranchidae

Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group.

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

The following three genera or four are included in the family Oxynoidae:

Lobiger Krohn, 1847

Lophopleurella Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: Lophopleurella capensis (Thiele, 1912) from South Africa

Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814

Roburnella Marcus, 1982 with the only species Roburnella wilsoni (Tate, 1889)

Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include:

Icarus gravesii Forbes, 1844 - type locality: Aegean Sea

Lophocercus krohnii A. Adams, 1854 - type locality: Hawaiian Islands :

Lophocercus sieboldii Krohn, 1847 - type locality: Messina, Italy : synonym of Oxynoe olivacea Rafinesque, 1814

Lophocercus viridis Pease, 1861 : synonym of Oxynoe viridis (Pease, 1861)

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