Oxynoidae

Oxynoidae is a family of sea snails, bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Oxynooidea, an opisthobranch group.^[2]

Oxynoidae
View of the underside of Oxynoe olivacea
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)
Synonyms[1]
Lobiger Krohn, 1847 Lophopleurella Zilch, 1956 Oxynoe Rafinesque, 1814 Roburnella Ev. Marcus, 1982

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)