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Nystiellidae

Nystiellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Nystiellidae
Clench & Turner, 1952
Genera

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clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa

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Nystiellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Epitonioidea which includes the wentletraps, the purple snails and their allies.

This family was previously considered as a subfamily of Epitoniidae. It was raised to family status by Nützel in 1998

Genera within the family Nystiellidae include: [1]



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