Siliquariidae
Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Siliquariidae

Anton, 1838
Diversity[1]
about 40 extant species

Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • Siliquariinae Anton, 1838 - synonym: Tenagodidae Gill, 1871
  • Stephopomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997

Genera

Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:[2][3]

Siliquariinae

Stephopomatinae

  • Hummelinckiella Faber & Moolenbeek, 1999[4]
  • Stephopoma Mörch, 1860

subfamily ?

  • Caporbis Bartsch, 1915
  • Petalopoma Schiaparelli, 2002

References

  1. ↑ Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
  2. ↑ "Siliquariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ↑ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  4. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Stephopomatinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411658 on 2012-09-11
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