Cymatiidae is a

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of large

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order

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. Members of this family are

predators Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

Genera

The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera: * '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846 * '' Austrosassia'' Finlay, 1931 * '' Austrotriton'' Cossmann, 1903 * '' Cabestana'' Röding, 1798 * '' Cymatiella'' Iredale, 1924 * ''

Cymatium Cymatium (from Greek κυμάτιον "small wave"), the uppermost molding at the top of the cornice in the classical order, is made of the s-shaped cyma molding (either ''cyma recta'' or ''cyma reversa''), combining a concave cavetto with a con ...

'' Roding, 1798 * '' Cymatona'' Iredale, 1929 * '' Distorsomina'' Beu, 1998 * '' Fusitriton'' Cossmann, 1903 * '' Gelagna'' Schauffus, 1869 * '' Gutturnium'' Mørch, 1852 * '' Gyrineum'' Link, 1807 * '' Halgyrineum'' Beu, 1998 * † ''

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'' C. A. Fleming, 1955 * '' Linatella'' Gray, 1857 * '' Lotoria'' Emerson & Old, 1963 * '' Monoplex'' Perry, 1810 * '' Personella'' Conrad, 1865 * '' Proxicharonia'' Powell, 1938 * '' Ranularia'' Schumacher, 1817 * '' Reticutriton'' Habe & Kosuge, 1966 * ''

Sassia ''Sassia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relati ...

'' Bellardi, 1873 * ''

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'' Perry, 1810 * '' 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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