''Rictaxiella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, bubble snails,
marine
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opisthobranch
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Aplustridae
The Aplustridae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acteonoidea.
The former name of this family, Hydatinidae (Pilsbry, 1893) has been declared invalid.Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rictaxiella Habe, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581598 on 2022-04-11]
Species
* ''
Rictaxiella choshiensis''
Habe, 1958
* ''
Rictaxiella debelius''
Poppe, Tagaro & Chino, 2011
* ''
Rictaxiella joyae''
Poppe, Tagaro & Chino, 2011
References
* Poppe, G., Tagaro, S. & Chino, M., 2011. Two new Rictaxiella (Gastropoda: Bullinidae) from the Philippines. Visaya 3(3): 76-82
External links
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Aplustridae
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