Rifia | |
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Shell of Rifia yacoubii (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Rifia Ghamizi, 2020 |
Type species | |
Rifia yacoubiiGhamizi, 2020 |
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Species in the genus Rifia include:
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