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Omalogyridae
Sign in to saveOmalogyridae is a family of minute and microscopic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. Omalogyrids are micromolluscs, among the smallest known, with adult shells usually smaller than 1 millimeter in diameter.
Species
ammonietslakken
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyOmalogyridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 220
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Omalogyridae
- Collections
- UF, USNM, ALMNH, FMNH, TMAG, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia, Australia, Philippines, Bermuda, Mexico
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Omalogyridae is a family of minute and microscopic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. Omalogyrids are micromolluscs, among the smallest known, with adult shells usually smaller than 1 millimeter in diameter.
This family is poorly known and is tentatively placed in the unresolved infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia". Studies of this group are sketchy and miss or omit the basic information about taxonomy or distribution. They are globally distributed in shallow marine environments, where they feed on algae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Omalogyridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.