Oxynoidae is a

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s, bubble snails,

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Oxynooidea Oxynooidea is a superfamily of small sea snails, bubble snails and bivalved gastropods, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oxynooidea Stoliczka, 1868 (1847). Accessed through: Wor ...

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opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is now an informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopisth ...

group. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

The following three genera or four are included in the family Oxynoidae: * ''

Lobiger ''Lobiger'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Lobiger Krohn, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxd ...

'' Krohn, 1847 * '' Lophopleurella'' Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: '' Lophopleurella capensis'' (Thiele, 1912) from

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Oxynoe ''Oxynoe'' is a genus of small sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' Rafinesque, 1814 * '' Roburnella'' Marcus, 1982 with the only species ''

Roburnella wilsoni ''Roburnella wilsoni'' is a species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Oxynoidae. ''Roburnella wilsoni'' is the only species in the genus ''Roburnella''. The specific name "''wilsoni''" is apparently in ...

'' (Tate, 1889) Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include: * ''Icarus gravesii'' Forbes, 1844 - type locality: Aegean Sea * ''Lophocercus krohnii'' A. Adams, 1854 - type locality: Hawaiian Islands : * ''Lophocercus sieboldii'' Krohn, 1847 - type locality: Messina, Italy : synonym of ''

Oxynoe olivacea ''Oxynoe olivacea'' is a species of small green bubble snail or sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae. Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan, and like other ''Oxynoe'' species, ...

'' Rafinesque, 1814 * ''Lophocercus viridis'' Pease, 1861 : synonym of ''

Oxynoe viridis ''Oxynoe viridis'' is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae. Distribution This species occurs in the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Egypt, Taiwan and Turkey. The t ...

'' (Pease, 1861)

References

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