Clavatulidae

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Clavatulidae
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Five views of a shell of † Tomellana semimarginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Gray, 1853 [1]
Genera

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Synonyms [2]
  • Pusionellinae Gray, 1853
  • Clionellidae Stimpson, 1865
  • Melatomidae Gill, 1871
  • Turriculinae Powell, 1942 (inv.)

Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. [3] The family is not well differentiated morphologically.

Contents

Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family level by Rosenberg in 1998. It is no longer regarded as a subfamily of Turridae by several malacologists (Kantor, Sysoev). [2] [4] [5] This family has no subfamilies.

General characteristics

This family consists of species with a medium-sized to rather large, fusiform shell. The oblong, pointed spire is rather high. The aperture is oval and mostly white. The operculum has a medio-lateral nucleus. The siphonal canal varies between rather short (e.g. Pusionella compacta ) to moderately long and slightly incurved (e.g. Fusiturris undatiruga ). The anal sinus varies from very shallow to rather deep. The outer lip can be slightly incurved and serrated on its side. The subsutural ramp is usually well developed. The sculpture of the shell in this family shows various forms, going from a rather smooth surface (e.g. Gemmuloborsonia colorata ) to being finely ribbed longitudinally and striated transversally. The stenoglossan radula has the formula 1-(1-R-1)-1 [4] [6]

Genera

Genera in the family Clavatulidae include:

Genera moved to other families
Genera brought into synonymy

Ecology

Species from family Clavatulidae are omnivores, predators and scavengers. [8]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Turrid</span> Common name for many species of snail

Turrid, plural turrids, is a common name for a very large group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which until recently were all classified in the family Turridae. However, recently the family was discovered to be polyphyletic and therefore was split into a number of families.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Costellariidae</span> Family of sea snails

Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters. The main family of miter shells however is Mitridae, a closely related group.

<i>Fusiturris pfefferi</i> Species of gastropod

Fusiturris pfefferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fusiturridae.

Paraclavatula pseudomystica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Clavatula tripartita</i> Species of gastropod

Clavatula tripartita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Clionella liltvedi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Clionella lobatopsis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Clionella semicostata</i> Species of gastropod

Clionella semicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Pusionella compacta</i> Species of gastropod

Pusionella compacta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Pusionella lirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Pusionella lupinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.

<i>Clavatula</i> Genus of gastropods

Clavatula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Clionella</i> Genus of gastropods

Clionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Perrona</i> Genus of gastropods

Perrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Pusionella</i> Genus of gastropods

Pusionella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Turricula</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Turricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

Paraclavatula christianae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Tomellana</i> Genus of gastropods

Tomellana is a genus of sea snail marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

<i>Genota</i> Genus of gastropods

Genota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

References

  1. ↑ Gray J. E. (1853). "On the division of Ctenobranchous Gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)11: 124-133. Clavatulidae (spelled as Clavatulina) is on the page 128.
  2. 1 2 World Register of Marine Species: Clavatulidae. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  4. 1 2 P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
  5. ↑ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN   0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  6. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI Clavatulinae p. 228 ; 1884
  7. ↑ Pacaud, Jean—Michel, and Jacques Le Renard. "Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. IV-Liste systématique actualisée." Cossmanniana 3.4 (1995): 155-187.
  8. ↑ WoRMS (2009). Clavatulinae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153900 on 2010-04-01
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