Melanodrymiidae

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Melanodrymiidae
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Melanodrymia galeronae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neomphaliones
Order: Neomphalida
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Melanodrymiidae
Salvini-Plawen & Steiner, 1995
Diversity [1]
15 extant species

Melanodrymiidae is a family of gastropods belonging to the superfamily Neomphaloidea. [2] This family has no subfamilies.

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Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Melanodrymiidae include:

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<i>Leptogyra</i> Genus of gastropods

Leptogyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melanodrymiidae, belonging to the clade Neomphalina.

<i>Leptogyra costellata</i> Species of gastropod

Leptogyra costellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.

Leptogyra inconspicua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.

Leptogyra verrilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melanodrymiidae.

Ilanga norfolkensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

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<i>Leptogyropsis</i> Genus of gastropods

Leptogyropsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melanodrymiidae, belonging to the clade Neomphalina.

Bathymophila alabida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

<i>Pseudoliotina</i> Genus of gastropods

Pseudoliotina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.

Helicina (suborder) Suborder of gastropods

After excluding groups not related, the informal group Sigmurethra has become the suborder Helicina, with the following infraorders and a collection of families with no superfamily:

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References

  1. WoRMS. Taxon tree. accessed 28 November 2017.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Melanodrymiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411613 on 2012-03-20
  3. 1 2 3 Hess H., Beck F., Gensler H., Kano Y., Kiel S. & Haszprunar G. (2008). "Microanatomy, shell structure and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda: Neomphalida: Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood ". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(4): 383-401. doi : 10.1093/mollus/eyn030.