Larocheidae is a
family
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of small to minute
sea snail
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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 ...
mollusc
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s or
micromollusc
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s in the superfamily
Scissurelloidea.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). Larocheidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571586 on 2012-07-18]
Genera
The family Larocheidae contains the following genera:
* ''
Bathyxylophila''
B. A. Marshall, 1988
* ''
Larochea''
Finlay, 1927
* ''
Larocheopsis''
B.A. Marshall, 1993
* ''
Trogloconcha''
Kase & Kano, 2002
References
* Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397.
* Geiger D.L. (2012) ''Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae''. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7
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