Sutilizonidae is a

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s in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies. Temnocinclinae ''McLean, 1989'' was considered to be a synonym of Sutilizonidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), but was updated to family level as Temnocinclidae by Geiger in 2009.Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". ''

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Genera

Genera within the family Sutilizonidae include: * '' Sutilizona'' McLean, 1989 * '' Temnocinclis'' McLean, 1989 * '' Temnozaga'' McLean, 1989

References

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