Oxynoidae
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| View of the underside of Oxynoe olivacea | |
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| Lobiger viridis on Caulerpa sp. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 5mm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia Informal group Opisthobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
| Family: | Oxynoidae Stoliczka, 1868 (1847) |
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Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group.[1]
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following three genera [2][3] or four[4] are included in the family Oxynoidae:
- Lobiger Krohn, 1847
- Lophopleurella Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: Lophopleurella capensis (Thiele, 1912) from South Africa[4]
- Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814
- Roburnella Marcus, 1982 with the only species Roburnella wilsoni (Tate, 1889)[4]
Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include:[4]
- 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 olivacea Rafinesque, 1814
- Lophocercus viridis Pease, 1861 : synonym of Oxynoe viridis (Pease, 1861)
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).
- ↑ Jensen K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B Biological Sciences 351 (1335): 91-122. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
- ↑ Händeler K., Grzymbowski Y. P., Krug P. J. & Wägele H. (2009) "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology 6: 28. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 PMID 19951407.
- 1 2 3 4 Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
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