Cymatiidae is a
family
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of large
sea snails in the superfamily
Tonnoidea
The Tonnoidea are a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha. This superfamily includes many very large species.
Nomenclature
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and the order
Littorinimorpha
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.
Members of this family are
predators
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.
Genera
The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:
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Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846
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Austrosassia'' Finlay, 1931
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Austrotriton'' Cossmann, 1903
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Cabestana'' Röding, 1798
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Cymatiella'' Iredale, 1924
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Cymatium
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'' Roding, 1798
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Cymatona'' Iredale, 1929
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Distorsomina'' Beu, 1998
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Fusitriton'' Cossmann, 1903
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Gelagna'' Schauffus, 1869
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Gutturnium
''Gutturnium'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predato ...
'' Mørch, 1852
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Gyrineum'' Link, 1807
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Halgyrineum'' Beu, 1998
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Linatella'' Gray, 1857
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Lotoria'' Emerson & Old, 1963
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Monoplex'' Perry, 1810
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Personella'' Conrad, 1865
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Proxicharonia'' Powell, 1938
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Ranularia'' Schumacher, 1817
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Reticutriton'' Habe & Kosuge, 1966
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Sassia
''Sassia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Genera
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'' Bellardi, 1873
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Septa
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'' Perry, 1810
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Turritriton'' Dall, 1904
References
Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642
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