Oxynoidae
Family of gastropods
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Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group.[2]
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| View of the underside of Oxynoe olivacea | |
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| Lobiger viridis on Caulerpa sp. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 5mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
| Family: | Oxynoidae Stoliczka, 1868 (1847) |
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This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following three genera [3][4] or four[5] are included in the family Oxynoidae:
- Lobiger Krohn, 1847
- Lophopleurella Zilch, 1956 with the only species in the genus: Lophopleurella capensis (Thiele, 1912) from South Africa[5]
- Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814
- Roburnella Marcus, 1982 with the only species Roburnella wilsoni (Tate, 1889)[5]
Invalid taxa placed in Oxynoidae include:[5]
- Icarus gravesii Forbes, 1844 - type locality: Aegean Sea
- Lophocercus krohnii A. Adams, 1854 - type locality: Hawaiian Islands :
- Lophocercus sieboldii Krohn, 1847 - type locality: Messina, Italy : synonym of Oxynoe olivacea Rafinesque, 1814
- Lophocercus viridis Pease, 1861 : synonym of Oxynoe viridis (Pease, 1861)
