Prolixodens is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Prolixodens
Shell of Prolixodens amethysta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Prolixodens
B. A. Marshall, 1978
Type species
Cerithiopsis infracolor Laseron, 1951

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prolixodens B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391135 on 2022-02-11
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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