Cerithiopsidae
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Cerithiopsidae are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Neotaenioglossa, known as the cerithids.
[edit] Description
There is no posterior canal, and the operculum is suboval and paucispiral, with the nucleus sublateral, near to the columella side of the aperture.
[edit] Genera within the family Cerithiopsidae
- Alipta Finlay, 1927
- Cerithiopsida Bartsch, 1911
- Cerithiopsidella Bartsch, 1911
- Cerithiopsina Bartsch, 1911
- Cerithiopsis Forbes and Hanley, 1851
- Eumetula Thiele, 1912
- Horologica Laseron, 1956
- Mendax Finlay, 1927
- Retilaskeya Marshall, 1978
- Seila A. Adams, 1861
- Socienna Finlay, 1927
- Specula Finlay, 1927
- Sundaya Oliver, 1915
- Zaclys Finlay, 1927
[edit] References
- Cerithiopsidae (TSN 72187). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
