Optediceros

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Optediceros
Optediceros breviculum (MNHN-IM-2009-2799).jpeg
Shell of Optediceros breviculum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Optediceros
Leith, 1853
Type species
Optediceros marginatumLeith, 1853
Synonyms

SphaerassimineaHabe, 1942 (junior synonym)

Optediceros is a genus of minute operculate snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subfamily Ekadantinae of the family Assimineidae. [1]

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Species

Species within Optediceros include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Optediceros Leith, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716995 on 2019-06-23