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Aplustridae

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The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acteonoidea.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCephalaspidea
  5. FamilyAplustridae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
18
With media
4
Family
Aplustridae
Collections
MCZ, USNM, AM, UF, QM
Recorded in
United States, French Guiana, Mauritius, Portugal, Suriname, Australia, Fiji, Japan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Acteonoidea
Image
Micromelo guamensis.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Aplustridae
Commons category
Aplustridae
taxon name
Aplustridae
taxon rank
family
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Life habits
  • Genera
  • References

The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acteonoidea.

The former name of this family, Hydatinidae (Pilsbry, 1893) has been declared invalid.

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