''Mysticoncha'' is a

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Velutinidae Velutinidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2014). Velutinidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Mysticoncha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598671 on 2012-05-31

Species

Species within the genus ''Mysticoncha'' include: * '' Mysticoncha harrisonae'' Powell, 1946 * '' Mysticoncha wilsonae'' ( E. A. Smith, 1886)

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

External links

Allan J.K. (1936). Mysticoncha, a new generic name for Caledoniella Basedow, non Souverbie. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(6): 391–396, pls 25-26.
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