''Notoficula'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Eratoidae
Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Notoficula'' include:
* ''
Notoficula bouveti''
( Thiele, 1912)
* ''
Notoficula otagoensis''
Dell, 1962
* ''
Notoficula signeyensis''
Oliver, 1983
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Notoficula problematica''
Powell, 1951: synonym of ''
Parficulina problematica''
(Powell, 1951)
References
* Oliver, P.G. (1983). Notoficula Thiele, a neotenous genus of eratoid gastropod from Antarctica. Br. Antarct. Surv. Bull 61: 1-6
External links
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Eratoidae
Gastropod genera