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Rostellariidae
Sign in to saveRostellariidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyRostellariidae
Rostellariidae es una familia de caracoles marinos del orden Littorinimorpha clasificada por William More Gabb en 1968. De agua dulce o salada, se distribuyen desde el mar Rojo hasta el sudeste asiático llegando al noroeste de Australia y a Nueva Guinea. Suelen presentar una forma de huso en espiral acabada en ápice puntiagudo.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 90
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Rostellariidae
- Collections
- UF, UCMP, DMNH, AM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Cuba, Solomon Islands, Yemen, Oman, Nouvelle-Caledonie, India
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Higher classification
- Genera
- References
- External links
Rostellariidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
==Taxonomy== ===Higher classification=== Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) This taxon is ranked at subfamily level Rostellariinae within the family Strombidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Above this rank the superfamily Caenogastropoda contains the unranked clades Hypsogastropoda and Littorinimorpha respectively. Morrison (2008) Rostellariidae is ranked at family level for example by Morrison (2008).
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