Oxynoidae 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, bubble snails,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Oxynooidea
Oxynooidea is a superfamily of small sea snails, bubble snails and bivalved gastropods, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oxynooidea Stoliczka, 1868 (1847). Accessed through: World ...
, an
opisthobranch
Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping.
Euopistho ...
group.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following three genera
or four
are included in the family Oxynoidae:
* ''
Lobiger
''Lobiger'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Lobiger Krohn, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...
'' Krohn, 1847
* ''
Lophopleurella
''Lophopleurella capensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
''Lophopleurella capensis'' is the only species in the genus ''Lophopleurella''.
The specific name (zoology), specific na ...
'' Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: ''
Lophopleurella capensis'' (Thiele, 1912) from
South Africa
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* ''
Oxynoe
''Oxynoe'' is a genus of small sea snails, bubble snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...
'' Rafinesque, 1814
* ''
Roburnella'' Marcus, 1982 with the only species ''
Roburnella wilsoni'' (Tate, 1889)
Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include:
* ''Icarus gravesii'' Forbes, 1844 - type locality: Aegean Sea
* ''Lophocercus krohnii'' A. Adams, 1854 - type locality: Hawaiian Islands :
* ''Lophocercus sieboldii'' Krohn, 1847 - type locality: Messina, Italy : synonym of ''
Oxynoe olivacea'' Rafinesque, 1814
* ''Lophocercus viridis'' Pease, 1861 : synonym of ''
Oxynoe viridis'' (Pease, 1861)
References
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