Rostellariidae
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Rostellariidae is a family
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 molluscs in the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...

 Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....

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2005 taxonomy

This taxon is ranked at subfamily level Rostellariinae within the family Strombidae
Strombidae
Strombidae, commonly known as the true conchs, is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Stromboidea....

 in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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2008 taxonomy

Rostellariidae is ranked at family level for example by Morrison (2008).

Genera

  • Rimellopsis Lambiotte, 1979
  • Rostellariella
    Rostellariella
    Rostellariella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.-Species:Species within the genus Rostellariella include:* Rostellariella barbieri Morrison, 2008...

    Thiele, 1929
  • Tibia
    Tibia
    The tibia , shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates , and connects the knee with the ankle bones....

    Röding, 1798 - synonyms: Gladius Mörch, 1852; Rostellaria Lamarck, 1799; Rostellum Montfort, 1810
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