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Janthinoidea
Superfamily of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Janthinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails containing wentletraps (Epitoniidae) and surfing snails (Janthinidae). It includes species that have tethered egg masses, some of which are used for flotation.[1]
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Janthina janthina sea snail with its bubble raft, washed up on the east shore of the island of Maui | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Suborder: | Ptenoglossa |
Superfamily: | Janthinoidea Lamarck 1810 |
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