Osteopeltidae

Osteopeltidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Osteopeltidae
Marshall, 1987[1]

Osteopeltidae is a taxonomic family of small, deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [2]

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Osteopeltidae include:

References

  1. Marshall B. A.(1987). "Osteopeltidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): A new family of limpets associated with whalebone in the deep sea". Journal of Molluscan Studies 53(2): 121-127. doi:10.1093/mollus/53.2.121.
  2. Gofas, S. (2012). Osteopeltidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23085 on 2013-02-12


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