Ptenoglossa

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Ptenoglossa

A freshly stranded individual of Janthina janthina in the Janthinidae, Epitonioidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamilies
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The Ptenoglossa is an informal taxonomic group of sea snails.^[1] This group was considered paraphyletic or polyphyletic by Ponder and Lindberg (1997) in their classification of gastropod molluscs.^[2]

Taxonomy

Superfamily Epitonioidea
- Family Epitoniidae
- Family Janthinidae
- Family Nystiellidae
Superfamily Eulimoidea
- Family Eulimidae
- Family Aclididae
Superfamily Triphoroidea
- Family Triphoridae
- Family Cerithiopsidae
- Family Newtoniellidae

References

↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).
↑ W.F. Ponder & D.R. Lindberg (1997). "Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs; an analysis using morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 119: 83–265.

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