Cymatiidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

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| image = Argobuccinum pustulosum (MNHN-IM-2013-42200).jpeg

| image_caption = Argobuccinum pustulosum

| taxon = Cymatiidae

| authority = Iredale, 1913 (1854)

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| synonyms = * Cymatiinae Powell, 1933

| subdivision = see text

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Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha.{{WRMS species|196332|Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854)||4 December 2018}} Members of this family are predators.{{cite book|author1=Ponder, Winston Frank|author2= Lindberg, David R.|author3=Ponder, Juliet Mary |title=Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNS-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1934 |year=2019 |publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-351-11564-3 |page=1934}}

Genera

The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:

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References

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  • [https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0642/report.pdf Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642] {{PD-notice}}

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