''Frovina'' is a
genus of
predatory sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Zerotulidae, the moon snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2010). Frovina Thiele, 1912. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197009 on 2011-04-30]
Species
* ''
Frovina angularis'' Warén & Hain, 1996
* ''
Frovina indecora'' (Thiele, 1912)
* ''
Frovina soror
''Frovina'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class compri ...
'' Thiele, 1912
References
* Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) ''Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod.'' The Veliger 39(4):277-334
Zerotulidae
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