Abyssochrysoidea | |
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Two preserved specimens of Alviniconcha hessleri, family Provannidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927 |
Abyssochrysoidea is a superfamily of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the order Caenogastropoda. [1]
These marine snails are part of the fauna of the hydrothermal vents and other deep-water habitats.