Magilidae

Taxobox
name = Magilidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Neogastropoda
familia = Magilidae
familia_authority = Thiele, 1925
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.
synonyms = Coralliophilidae

Magilidae is a family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Sorbeoconcha.

Members of this family are found in all tropical and subtropical seas, mostly associated with corals, sea anemones and other soft bodied coelenterates. They are near relatives of the muricids but in most species the radula is absent since they feed by suction.

Genera within the family Magilidae

* "Latiaxis" Swainson, 1840
* "Liniaxis" Laseron, 1955

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1