Oxynoidae is a
family
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of
sea snails, bubble snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
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 ...
, an
opisthobranch group.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following three genera
or four
are included in the family Oxynoidae:
* ''
Lobiger'' Krohn, 1847
* ''
Lophopleurella'' Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: ''
Lophopleurella capensis'' (Thiele, 1912) from
South Africa
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* ''
Oxynoe'' Rafinesque, 1814
* ''
Roburnella'' Marcus, 1982 with the only species ''
Roburnella wilsoni'' (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'' Rafinesque, 1814
* ''Lophocercus viridis'' Pease, 1861 : synonym of ''
Oxynoe viridis'' (Pease, 1861)
References
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