Oxynoidae
Encyclopedia
Oxynoidae is a family
of sea snail
s, bubble snails, marine
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea
, an opisthobranch group.
This family has no subfamilies.
Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, bubble snails, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea
Oxynooidea
Oxynooidea is a superfamily of small sea snails, bubble snails and bivalved gastropods, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Sacoglossa.Oxynooidea is the only superfamily in the clade Oxynoacea.-Taxonomy:* clade Oxynoacea...
, an opisthobranch group.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following three genera or four are included in the family Oxynoidae:- LobigerLobigerLobiger is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae. - Species :Species within the genus Lobiger include the following species:* Lobiger nevilli Pilsbry, 1896* Lobiger sagamiensis Baba, 1952...
Krohn, 1847 - Lophopleurella Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: Lophopleurella capensisLophopleurella capensisLophopleurella capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.Lophopleurella capensis is the only species in the genus Lophopleurella....
(Thiele, 1912) from South Africa - OxynoeOxynoeOxynoe is a genus of small sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Oxynoidae. - Species :Species within the genus Oxynoe include 8 valid species:* Oxynoe antillarum Mörch, 1863* Oxynoe azuropunctata Jensen, 1980...
Rafinesque, 1814 - Roburnella Marcus, 1982 with the only species Roburnella wilsoniRoburnella wilsoniRoburnella wilsoni is a species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.Roburnella wilsoni is the only species in the genus Roburnella....
(Tate, 1889)
Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include:
- Icarus gravesii Forbes, 1844 - type locality: Aegean Sea
- Lophocercus krohnii A. Adams, 1854 - type locality: Hawaiian Islands :
- Lophocercus sieboldii Krohn, 1847 - type locality: Messina, Italy : synonym of Oxynoe olivaceaOxynoe olivaceaOxynoe olivacea is a species of small green bubble snail or sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.Despite a superficial resemblance, this is not a nudibranch, it is a sacoglossan, and like other Oxynoe species, it has a small, fragile, bubble-shaped shell.-Distribution:This...
Rafinesque, 1814 - Lophocercus viridis Pease, 1861 : synonym of Oxynoe viridisOxynoe viridisOxynoe viridis is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Egypt, Taiwan and Turkey....
(Pease, 1861)