Anticlimax (gastropod)

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Anticlimax is a genus of small sea snails, marine snails in the family Tornidae, part of the superfamily Truncatelloidea.

Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Anticlimax (described by Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946)
Type species: Teinostoma calliglyptum (Dall, 1903)

Synonyms and replacement names:
Anticlimax has been used with other names in the past, but these are now considered synonyms or replacement names. These include Anticlimax (Subclimax), Climacia, Climacina, and Lioprora. Some were invalid because the same name was already used for another group. The accepted name today is Anticlimax.

Specific species are not listed here.