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Lepetidae is a family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.
Lepetelloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, small deepwater limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Vesicomyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the superfamily Glossoidea.
Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda.
Cocculinidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamiuly Cocculinoidea.
Caymanabyssiidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the vaude Vetigastropoda.
Pseudococculinidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lepetelloidea.
Bathysciadiidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cocculiniformia.
Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.
Tentaoculus is a genus of sea snails, deep-sea false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae.
Tryblidiida is a taxon of monoplacophoran molluscans containing the only extant representatives: 37 species are still alive today, inhabiting the ocean at depths of between 175 and 6,400 metres.
Aenigmabonus is a genus of very small, deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bathyphytophilidae, the false limpets.
Bathyphytophilus is a genus of very small, deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bathyphytophilidae, the false limpets.
Aenigmabonus kurilokamtschaticus is a species of very small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bathyphytophilidae, the false limpets.
Bathyphytophilus caribaeus is a species of very small, deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bathyphytophilidae, the false limpets.
Caymanabyssia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Caymanabyssiidae, the false limpets.
Kurilabyssia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.
Tentaoculus perlucidus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in December 2017 by Philippe Bouchet and eight other authors, is a publication which lays out a newly revised system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks. The same work also included the taxonomy of monoplacophorans.
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- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Bathyphytophilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411606 on 2013-02-07