Spirostyliferinidae

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Spirostyliferinidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Spirostyliferinidae
Layton, Middelfart, Tatarnic & N. G. Wilson, 2019

Spirostyliferinidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, (some also occur in other habitats) that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea [1]

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Genera

Genera brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Spirostyliferinidae Layton, Middelfart, Tatarnic & N. G. Wilson, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1381939 on 2019-10-12