Conochilidae is a family of
rotifer
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John H ...
s in the order
Flosculariaceae
Flosculariaceae is an order of rotifers, found in fresh and brackish water.
Families
The order includes the six following families.
* Conochilidae
*Flosculariidae
* Hexarthridae
* Testudinellidae
*Trochosphaeridae
*Filiniidae
Trochosphaeridae ...
, found in marine environments. It only has one genus,
Conochilus, itself only consisting of two species.
References
Monogeneric protostome families
Flosculariaceae
Rotifer families
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