Orbitestellidae
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Orbitestellidae are a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the order Heterostropha.
These minute shells are discoid-shaped, with the spire only slightly raised, flat or sunken. The umbilicus is wide, and the aperture quadrate.
[edit] Genera within the family Orbitestellidae
- Microdiscula
- Orbitestella Iredale, 1917
- Praeorbitestella
[edit] References
- Orbitestellidae (TSN 70153). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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