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Cystiscidae
Sign in to saveCystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
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Vinony's link graph records 399 inbound references to Cystiscidae, and connects out to Mollusca, Charles Francis Laseron and Extra extra.
It is catalogued under topics including Cystiscidae, Gastropod families and Taxa named by William Stimpson.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyCystiscidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 522
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Cystiscidae
- Collections
- PRI, LACM, USNM, UF, NMV, DMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, French Polynesia, Panama, Philippines, Australia, Oman
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Volutoidea
- Image
- Cystiscus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cystiscidae
- taxon name
- Cystiscidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Cystiscidae
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- 2005 taxonomy
- Genera
- References
- External links
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
== Description == The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costate; the spire is flat to immersed, or low to tall; the protoconch is paucispiral; the lip is thickened, smooth or denticulate; an external varix is present or absent; a siphonal notch is present or absent; a posterior notch is present or absent; the columella is multiplicate, internal whorls cystiscid or modified cystiscid type. Mantle cavity with monopectinate ctenidium and bipectinate osphradium. Proboscis pleurembolic; jaws absent; typical radular sac present.
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