Ptenoglossa
| Ptenoglossa | |
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| 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 |
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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
- 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. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00137.x.
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