Stiliferidae
Encyclopedia
Stiliferidae is a taxonomic family
of small parasitic sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
Eulimoidea
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Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
of small parasitic sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
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 superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
Eulimoidea
Eulimoidea
The Eulimoidea is a superfamily of ectoparasitic sea snails, terrestrial and marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.-Taxonomy:Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:*Family Eulimidae R.A. Philippi, 1853...
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Genera
Genera within the family Stiliferidae include:- Athleenia
- Mucronalia
- Stilifer Broderip and Sowerby, 1832
- VenustiliferVenustiliferVenustilifer is a genus of small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Stiliferidae.-Species:Species within the genus Venustilifer include:* Venustilifer bountyensis -References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1939