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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
LOPHOTROCHOZOA
(molluscs and relatives)
TROCHOZOA
(molluscs and worms)
MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)
PROSOBRANCHIA
(operculate molluscs)
Prosobranchia
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Mollusca)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

PROSOBRANCHIA (operculate molluscs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Order ARCHAEOGASTROPODA (limpets and top shells) 12        
Family ACMAEIDAE (a family of prosobranch molluscs) 1 5 12    
Family FISSURELLIDAE (keyhole limpets) 1 4      
Family PATELLIDAE (limpets) 4 41 5   1
Family TRICOLIIDAE (pheasant shells) 1   29    
Family TROCHIDAE (topshells) 5 72     3
Order MESOGASTROPODA (an order of prosobranch gastropods) 38        
Family ACICULIDAE (point snails) 1       3
Family CALYPTRAEIDAE (slipper limpets) 2 15 14   2
Family CERITHIIDAE (a family of marine snails) 1   1    
Family CERITHIOPSIDAE (a family of prosobranch molluscs) 4       5
Family CINGULOPSIDAE (a family of prosobranch molluscs)         1
Family ERATOIDAE (cowries) 2 47      
Family HYDROBIIDAE (spire snails or mudsnails) 4 14 33   1
Family LAMELLARIIDAE (a family of prosobranch molluscs) 1   5    
Family LITTORINIDAE (periwinkles) 8 24 30 4 3
Family NATICIDAE (a family of whelks) 2 31      
Family OMALOGYRIDAE (a family of prosobranch gastropods)         1
Family POMATIIDAE (land winkles) 1 6     4
Family PYRAMIDELLIDAE (pyramidellid sea-snails)         2
Family RISSOELLIDAE (a family of prosobranch gastropods) 1   10   2
Family RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch marine snails) 4 4 111 4 1
Family TRUNCATELLIDAE (looping snails) 1   29   1
Family TURRITELLIDAE (turret shells) 1 6      
Family VALVATIDAE (valve snails)         1
Family VIVIPARIDAE (river snails) 1   4   1
Order NEOGASTROPODA (an order of predatory gastropods) 7 111 5   5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Marine Snails: http://www.conchsoc.org/groupbrowser/Marine%20snail Marine Snails
Crothers, J.H., 2003 (rocky shore species) Rocky Shore Snails as Material for Projects (with a Key for their Identification)
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 1 — Pleurotomariacea, Fissurellacea and Patellacea
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 2 — Trochacea
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 3 — Neritacea, Viviparacea, Valvatacea, Terrestrial and Freshwater Littorinacea and Rissoacea
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 5 — Marine Littorinacea
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 6 — Cerithiacea, Strombacea, Hipponicacea, Calyptraeacea, Lamellariacea, Cypraeacea, Naticacea, Tonnacea, Heteropoda
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 7 — Heterogastropoda (Cerithiopsacea, Triforacea, Epitoniacea, Eulimacea
Fretter, V. & Graham, A., 1978 The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 4 - Marine Rissoacea
Graham, A., 1971 British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs
Graham, A., 1988 Prosobranch and Pyramidellid Gastropods: Keys and notes for the identification of the species
Pfleger, V., 1998 (Terrestrial and freshwater species) A Field Guide in Colour to Molluscs

Terrestrial and freshwater

Pfegler, V. & Chatfield, J., 1988 A Guide to Snails of Britain and Europe

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 general literature references to PROSOBRANCHIA (operculate molluscs)

PROSOBRANCHIA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)		 GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 76 feeding and other relationships of PROSOBRANCHIA (operculate molluscs)

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