Eratoidea | |
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Shell of Eratoidea aciesa (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Eratoidea Weinkauff, 1879 |
Type species | |
Marginella margarita Kiener, 1834 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Marginella (Eratoidea)Weinkauff, 1879 (original rank) |
Eratoidea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
Species within the genus Eratoidea include:
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Volvarina is a genus of small to very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Marginellidae, the margin shells.
Plesiocystiscus is a genus of minute predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cystiscidae.
Persicula is a taxonomic genus of minute to small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. It includes several species which are micromollusks.
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Dentimargo is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Hyalina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Mesoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Prunum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Favartia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is known for its crystalline shell.
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