Epitonioidea
| Epitonioidea | |
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| Janthina janthina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea , 1910 |
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Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1] This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.
Taxonomy[]
Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:
- Family Epitoniidae , 1910, the wentletraps
- Family Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822, the purple snails
- Family Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952
References[]
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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