Fossarininae

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Fossarininae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Fossarininae
Bandel, 2009

The Fossarininae are a taxonomic subfamily of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, common name top snails. [1]

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<i>Fossarina</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Thalotia</i>

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fossarininae Bandel, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492730 on 2020-08-24