Pelycidiidae is a
family
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
clade
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Sorbeoconcha
Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.
The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.
Taxonomy
1997 t ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Pelycidiidae Ponder & Hall, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411693 on 2015-02-20]
According to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Pelycidiidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
* ''
Pelycidion''
P. Fischer, 1873
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Nannoteretispira''
Habe, 1961: synonym of ''Pelycidion''
P. Fischer, 1873
References
* Ponder W.F. & Hall S.J. (1983) ''Pelycidiidae, a new family of archaeogastropod molluscs''. The Nautilus, 97(1): 30-35.
Gastropod families
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