Struthiolariidae
Sign in to saveStruthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.
Species
ostrich foot snails
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyStruthiolariidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Struthiolariidae
- Collections
- USNM, SAMA, TMAG, OMNH, AM, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, French Southern Territories, Australia, United States, Seychelles
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stromboidea
- Image
- Struthiolaria papulosa (ostrich foot) base.JPG
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- taxon name
- Struthiolariidae
- taxon rank
- family
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- Category:Struthiolariidae
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- Struthiolariidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- General characteristics
- Genera
- References
Struthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.
==General characteristics== (Original description) The animal has an outer mantle-margin that is simple. The shell is oblong-oval or turrited, with entire lips.
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