| Provannidae Temporal range:
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| Two preserved individuals of Alviniconcha hessleri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea |
| Family: | Provannidae Warén & Ponder, 1991 [2] |
| Type genus | |
| Provanna Dall, 1918 | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Pseudonininae Bertolaso & Palazzi, 1994 | |
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.).[3]
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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kaim 2008was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Warén & Ponder (1991), Zoologica Scripta, 20(1): 50
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Provannidae Warén & Ponder, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382206 on 2021-03-15