The Xylodisculidae is a
taxonomic
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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
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the informal group
Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved sea slugs and sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, mollusks within the Subclass (biology), subclass Heterobranchia.WoRMS (20 ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Xylodisculidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23145 on 2012-06-29]
Genera
* ''
Xylodiscula''
B. A. Marshall, 1988
References
The Taxonomicon* Haszprunar G., Speimann E., Hawe A. & Hess M. (2011) ''Interactive 3D anatomy and affinities of the Hyalogyrinidae, basal Heterobranchia (Gastropoda) with a rhipidoglossate radula''. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 11(3): 231-236.
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