''Exilioidea'' is a
genus
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of
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,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Ptychatractidae
Ptychatractidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.Kantor, Y. (2014). Ptychatractidae Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Exilioidea'' include:
* ''
Exilioidea atlantica''
Bouchet & Warén, 1988
* ''
Exilioidea costulata''
Bouchet et Warén, 1988
* ''
Exilioidea indica''
Bouchet et Warén, 1988
* ''
Exilioidea kelseyi''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''
Exilioidea rectirostris''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Exilioidea rufocaudata''
(Dall, 1896)
References
* Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1988). Transfer of Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931 to Turbinellidae, with descriptions of three new species (Neogastropoda). Venus. 47(3): 172-184
* McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160
External links
Grant U.S. & Gale H.R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1: 1036 pp., 32 pl
Ptychatractidae
Gastropod genera
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