Teinostomatidae is a

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of very small and minute

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s with an operculum,

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the superfamily TruncatelloideaMolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teinostomatidae Cossmann, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1516995 on 2022-08-22

Genera

* '' Teinostoma'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 ;Synonyms: * ''Pseudorotella'' P. Fischer, 1857: synonym of ''Teinostoma'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 * ''Tinostoma'' P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of ''Teinostoma'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Unjustified emendation)

References

External links

Cossmann M. & Peyrot A. (1917). Conchologie néogènique de l'Aquitaine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 69(3): 157-284; 69(4): 285-365

Goto, R.; Takano, T.; Eernisse, D. J.; Kato, M.; Kano, Y. (2021). Snails riding mantis shrimps: Ectoparasites evolved from ancestors living as commensals on the host's burrow wall. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163: 107122
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