Provannidae
Sign in to saveProvannidae is a family of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfmaily Abyssochrysoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 and updated in 2008 by Kaim et al.).
Species
ハイカブリニナ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyProvannidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- Family
- Provannidae
- Collections
- SIO, UCMP, USNM, AM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Northern Mariana Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, United States, Mexico, Unknown Or Invalid, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Abyssochrysoidea
- Image
- Alviniconcha hessleri.jpg
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- Commons category
- Provannidae
- taxon name
- Provannidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Provannidae
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Habitat
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
Provannidae is a family of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfmaily Abyssochrysoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 and updated in 2008 by Kaim et al.).
The genera Provanna and Desbruyeresia have smaller and slender shells, while the shells of Alviniconcha and Ifremeria are larger and swollen. The shells of these two last genera house a hypertrophied ctenidium large quantities of symbiotic bacteria.
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