Hyalogyrinidae
Encyclopedia
The Hyalogyrinidae is a taxonomic family
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly-evolved sea slugs and sea snails, within the clade Heterobranchia...
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Genera
Genera within the family Hyalogyrinidae include:- Hyalogyra Marshall, 1988
- Hyalogyrina Marshall, 1988
- Xenoskenea Waren & Gofas in Waren Gofas & Schander, 1993