Fontigentidae

Fontigentidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Fontigentidae D. W. Taylor, 1966
Synonyms
Fontigentinae D. W. Taylor, 1966 superseded rank

Fontigentidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea. ^[1]

Genera

• Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933

Synonyms

• StimpsoniaClessin, 1878: synonym of FontigensPilsbry, 1933 (invalid: junior homonym of StimpsoniaGirard, 1853; Fontigens is a replacement name)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fontigentidae D. W. Taylor, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057169 on 2025-01-22

External links

• Taylor, Dwight W. (1966). "A remarkable snail fauna from Coahuila, México". Veliger. 9 (2): 152–228 [182].
• Gladstone, Nicholas S.; Whelan, Nathan V. (2022). "Pushing barcodes to their limits: phylogenetic placement of Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933 (Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Truncatelloidea) and elevation of Fontigentidae Taylor, 1966". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 88 (1). doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyab038 .