Teinostomatidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea[1]

Teinostomatidae
Shell of Teinostoma deschampsi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Teinostomatidae
Cossmann, 1917
Genera

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Synonyms

Teinostomatinae Cossmann, 1917 (original rank)

Genera edit

Synonyms
  • Pseudorotella P. Fischer, 1857: synonym of Teinostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Tinostoma P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Teinostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Unjustified emendation)

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teinostomatidae Cossmann, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1516995 on 2022-08-22

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