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Cassiopidae

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Cassiopidae
Three shells of Cassiope luxani, the coin is nearly 20 mm in diameter
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Cassiopidae

Beurlen, 1967
Synonyms

Glauconiidae Pchelintsev, 1953 (inv.)

Cassiopidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superorder Cerithiimorpha[1]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Cassiopidae has no subfamilies.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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