Triphoridae

Triphoridae
Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus in the Triphoridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
J.E. Gray, 1847
Synonyms
  • Iniforinae Kosuge, 1966· accepted, alternate representation
  • Metaxiinae B. A. Marshall, 1977· accepted, alternate representation
  • Triforidae (Misspelling)
  • Triphorinae Gray, 1847· accepted, alternate representation

Triphoridae is a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Ptenoglossa, within the clade Hypsogastropoda. Almost all the species in this family are micromollusks and almost all are left-handed in shell-coiling.[1]

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Triphoridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131 on 2012-06-16