Haloceratidae is a
family
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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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the
superfamily Vanikoroidea
Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea.
Families
Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include:
*Family Eulimidae Ph ...
.
Genera
Genera within the family Haloceratidae include:
* ''
Haloceras''
Dall, 1889
* ''
Zygoceras''
Warén & Bouchet, 1991
References
* Beesley, P. L.; Ross, G. J. B. & Wells, A. (eds.) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Vol. 5, Part A. page(s): 769; note: placed in superfamily Vanikoroidea
External links
The Taxonomicon Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: Systematic position and revision of Haloceras Dall, 1889 (Caenogastropoda, Haloceratidae fam. nov.). in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 111-161
Vanikoroidea
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