Calliotropidae

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Calliotropidae
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Apertural view of shell of Bathybembix bairdii (Dall, 1889) with operculum.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Hickman & McLean, 1990 [1]
Genera

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Calliotropidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

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Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Calliotropidae was classified as the subfamily Calliotropinae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

2007-2009 taxonomy

Molecular phylogeny research on Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007). [2]

Kano et al. (2009) [3] elevated the subfamily Calliotropinae to family level as Calliotropidae. [3]

Genera

Genera within the family Calliotropidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Hickman C. S. & McLean J. H. (1990). "Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods". Science Series of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County35: 1-169
  2. ↑ Kano Y. (2007). "Vetigastropod phylogeny and a new concept of Seguenzioidea: independent evolution of copulatory organs in the deep-sea habitats". Zoologica Scripta 37(1): 1-21. doi : 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00316.x
  3. 1 2 Kano Y., Chikyu E. & Warén A. (2009) "Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies75: 397-418. doi : 10.1093/mollus/eyp037.
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