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PROSOBRANCHIA (operculate molluscs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Order ARCHAEOGASTROPODA (limpets and top shells) 11        
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) 27        
Family ACICULIDAE (point snails) 1       3
Family CALYPTRAEIDAE (slipper limpets) 2 15      
Family CERITHIIDAE (a family of marine snails) 1   1    
Family ERATOIDAE (cowries) 2 37      
Family HYDROBIIDAE (spire snails or mudsnails) 4 11 22   1
Family LITTORINIDAE (periwinkles) 7 19 23 4 3
Family NATICIDAE (a family of whelks) 2 31      
Family POMATIIDAE (land winkles) 1 4     4
Family RISSOIDAE (a family of prosobranch molluscs) 3 4 100 4  
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) 5        
Family BUCCINIDAE (a family of whelks) 1 30      
Family MURICIDAE (a family of whelks and oyster drills) 2 45     2
Family NASSARIIDAE (a family of dog whelks) 2 11 2    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Crothers, J.H., 2003 (rocky shore species) Rocky Shore Snails as Material for Projects (with a Key for their Identification)
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 3 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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