''Spirostyliferina '' is a
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of
pelagic
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or
planktonic
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sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
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Spirostyliferinidae
Spirostyliferinidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, (some also occur in other habitats) that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea
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.
[Spirostyliferina lizardensis Bandel, 2006
Species Spirostyliferina wareni (Moolenbeek, 2009)]
Species
* ''
Spirostyliferina lizardensis''
Bandel, 2006
* ''
Spirostyliferina wareni''
(Moolenbeek, 2009)
References
* Bandel K. 2006. Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology – including the description of new taxa. Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (14), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 511: 59-137
External links
Moolenbeek R.G. 2009. Hoenselaaria, a new genus with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Miscellanea Malacologica 3(4) : 71-75
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Truncatelloidea