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==Genera within the family Orbitestellidae== |
==Genera within the family Orbitestellidae== |
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* ''[[Microdiscula]]'' |
* ''[[Microdiscula (mollusc)|Microdiscula]]'' |
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* ''[[Orbitestella]]'' <small>[[Tom Iredale|Iredale]], 1917</small> |
* ''[[Orbitestella]]'' <small>[[Tom Iredale|Iredale]], 1917</small> |
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* ''[[Praeorbitestella]]'' |
* ''[[Praeorbitestella]]'' |
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Orbitestellidae are a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Heterostropha.
These minute shells are discoid-shaped, with the spire only slightly raised, flat or sunken. The umbilicus is wide, and the aperture quadrate.
Genera within the family Orbitestellidae
References
- "Orbitestellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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