Orbitestellidae are a

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of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or

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Lower Heterobranchia Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved sea slugs and sea snails, ( marine gastropod mollusks) within the subclass Heterobranchia. WoRMS (2020). "Lower Heterobranchia". Accessed at ...

Genera

Genera within the family Orbitestellidae include: * '' Boschitestella'' Moolenbeek, 1994 * '' Lurifax'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001 * '' Microdiscula'' Thiele, 1912 * '' Orbitestella'' Iredale, 1917

References

* * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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