Phenacolepadidae
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| A large number of adults and egg cases (white dots) of the hydrothermal vent species Shinkailepas kaikatensis with an arc crab on the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: |
Phenacolepadidae Pilsbry, 1895 |
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clade Cycloneritimorpha
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Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Although the shell shape of genera in this family is that of a limpet, the family is in fact closely related to the Neritidae, the nerites.
Genera and species within the family Phenacolepadidae include:
"Phenacolepadidae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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