Clenchiellidae

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Clenchiellidae
Clenchiella minutissima (MNHN-IM-2000-33594).jpeg
Shell of Clenchiella minutissima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Clenchiellidae
D. W. Taylor, 1966

Clenchiellidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea. [1] [2]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clenchiellidae D. W. Taylor, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722758 on 2020-08-19
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).