Volvatellidae
Encyclopedia
Volvatellidae is a family
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea
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This family has no subfamilies.
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, 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...
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This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
There are two genera in the family Volvatellidae:- AscobullaAscobullaAscobulla is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae. -Species:Species within the genus Ascobulla include:* Ascobulla californica...
Marcus, 1972 - VolvatellaVolvatellaVolvatella is a genus of sea snails, bubble snails, a marine gastropod sacoglossan mollusk in the family Volvatellidae. -Species:Species within the genus Volvatella include:* Volvatella angeliniana Ichikawa, 1993...
Pease, 1860