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Ptenoglossa

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Suborder of gastropods

Ptenoglossa
A freshly stranded individual of Janthina janthina in the Janthinidae, Epitonioidea
A freshly stranded individual of Janthina janthina in the Janthinidae, Epitonioidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Gray, 1853
Superfamilies

The Ptenoglossa is an informal taxonomic group of sea snails. This group was considered paraphyletic or polyphyletic by Ponder and Lindberg (1997) in their classification of gastropod molluscs.

The database WoRMS considers this suborder as belonging to the order (unassigned Caenogastropoda) (temporary name).

Taxonomy

References

  1. "Ptenoglossa". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. W.F. Ponder & D.R. Lindberg (1997). "Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs; an analysis using morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 119 (2): 83–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00137.x.
  4. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ptenoglossa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411725 on 2020-08-02

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Taxon identifiers
Ptenoglossa
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