Areneidae

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Areneidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Areneidae
McLean, 2012
Genera

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Areneidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda. [1]

Contents

Areneidae was previously not officially described as a taxon name. [2] Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea according to Williams et al. (2008). [3] In 2012 it was moved to the superfamily Trochoidea

Genera

There are two genera within the family Areneidae: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Areneidae McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413480 on 2020-05-25
  2. WoRMS (2010). Arene Adams, 1845. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413481 on 2010-04-17
  3. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi : 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x