Spirostyliferinidae is a
family
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of small, mainly
freshwater snails, (some also occur in
other habitats) that have
gills
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and an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Truncatelloidea
Truncatelloidea is a superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.Bouchet, P. (2013). ''Truncatelloidea''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=7 ...
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Spirostyliferinidae Layton, Middelfart, Tatarnic & N. G. Wilson, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1381939 on 2019-10-12]
Genera
* ''
Spirostyliferina''
Bandel, 2006
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''
Hoenselaaria''
Moolenbeek, 2009 : synonym of ''Spirostyliferina''
Bandel, 2006
References
External links
Layton, K. K. S.; Middelfart, P. U.; Tatarnic, N. J.; Wilson, N. G. (2019). Erecting a new family for Spirostyliferina, a truncatelloidean microgastropod, and further insights into truncatelloidean phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta
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Truncatelloidea