Siliquariidae | |
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Five view of a shellofTenagodus anguinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Siliquariidae Anton, 1838 |
Diversity[1] | |
About 40 extant species |
Siliquariidae is a familyofsea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:[2][3]
Siliquariinae
Stephopomatinae
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Siliquariidae |
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