Biology:Cymatiidae

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Short description: Family of gastropods

Cymatiidae
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Argobuccinum pustulosum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Iredale, 1913 (1854)[1]
Genera

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatiinae Powell, 1933

Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha.[1] Members of this family are predators.[2]

Genera

The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  2. Ponder, Winston Frank; Lindberg, David R.; Ponder, Juliet Mary (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. CRC Press. p. 1934. ISBN 978-1-351-11564-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=XNS-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1934. 

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