Pickworthiidae

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Pickworthiidae
Reynellona natalis 001.jpg
Three shells of Reynellona natalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Subterclass: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pickworthiidae
Iredale, 1917
Type species
Mareleptopoma karpatensisMoolenbeek & Faber, 1984

Pickworthiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea. [1]

Contents

Subfamilies

The following three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Genera

Genera in the family Pickworthiidae include: [2]

Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Reynellonidae)

Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Faxiidae)

Genera brought into synonymy
shell of Sansonia kirkpatricki Sansonia kirkpatricki 001.jpg
shell of Sansonia kirkpatricki

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224785 on 2021-06-21
  2. Pickworthiinae. WoRMS.