VETIGASTROPODA Salvini-Plawen, 1980
(a subclass of molluscs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Family 1 subtaxa 27 images
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 27 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 27 images
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
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Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 29 images
Family 1 subtaxa 29 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 29 images
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Family 5 subtaxa 45 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubclassVETIGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Wigham, G.D. & Graham, A. 2017 Marine Gastropods 1: Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), No. 60, The Linnean Society of London

VETIGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for VETIGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for VETIGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
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