Sphaerocinidae

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Sphaerocinidae
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Sphaerocinidae

A. Janssen & Maxwell, 1995

Sphaerocinidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, sea butterflies, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Cavolinioidea. [1]

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).