Neomphalidae
Sign in to saveNeomphalidae is a family of sea snails or limpets, specifically deep sea hydrothermal vent limpets. This family is included in the Vetigastropoda, which is a clade according to the Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Species
ネオンファルス科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeomphalida
- FamilyNeomphalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- Family
- Neomphalidae
- Collections
- SIO, FMNH, UCMP, NRM
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, United States, Papua New Guinea
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Neomphaloidea
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Neomphalidae is a family of sea snails or limpets, specifically deep sea hydrothermal vent limpets. This family is included in the Vetigastropoda, which is a clade according to the Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
No subfamilies are included in this family. The Neomphalidae was removed from the subclass Eogastropoda where it was the only family in the superfamily Neomphaloidea McLean, 1981 and order Neomphalida (McLean, 1981).
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