Mysticoncha

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Mysticoncha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Velutinidae
Subfamily: Lamellariinae
Genus: Mysticoncha
Allan, 1936
Type species
Lamellaria wilsonae

Mysticoncha is a genus of small sea snails that resemble sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Velutinidae. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Mysticoncha include:

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Mysticoncha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598671 on 2012-05-31