Prosiphonidae

Prosiphonidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Prosiphonidae A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Genera
See text
Synonyms [1]
Prosiphiinae ·misspelling - incorrect original spelling Prosiphoninae A. W. B. Powell, 1951 superseded rank

The Prosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks. ^[1]

Genera

• Anomacme Strebel, 1905
• Antarctodomus Dell, 1972
• Antistreptus Dall, 1902
• Argeneuthria Pastorino, 2016
• Austrofusus Kobelt, 1879
• Bathydomus Thiele, 1912
• Cavineptunea A. W. B. Powell, 1951
• Chlanidota E. von Martens, 1878
• Chlanidotella Thiele, 1929
• Chlanificula A. W. B. Powell, 1958
• Crenatosipho K. Linse, 2002
• Drepanodontus Harasewych & Kantor, 2004
• Falsimacme Pastorino, 2016
• Falsimohnia A. W. B. Powell, 1951
• Falsitromina Dell, 1990
• Fusinella Thiele, 1917
• Germonea Harasewych & Kantor, 2004
• Meteuthria Thiele, 1912
• Muffinbuccinum Harasewych & Kantor, 2004
• Neobuccinum E. A. Smith, 1879
• Parabuccinum Harasewych, Kantor & K. Linse, 2000
• Probuccinum Thiele, 1912
• Proneptunea Thiele, 1912
• Prosipho Thiele, 1912
• Savatieria Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
• Scotiabuccinum Kantor, Molodtsova, Zvonareva & Fedosov, 2023
• Spikebuccinum Harasewych & Kantor, 2004
• Strebela Kantor & Harasewych, 2013

Synonyms

• AethocolaIredale, 1915: synonym of AustrofususKobelt, 1879
• BuccinellaThiele, 1912: synonym of FusinellaThiele, 1917 (invalid: junior homonym of BuccinellaPerry, 1811; Fusinella and Buccinola are replacement names)
• BuccinolaStrand, 1928: synonym of FusinellaThiele, 1917
• PfefferiaStrebel, 1908 synonym of ChlanidotaE. von Martens, 1878

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Prosiphonidae A. W. B. Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522144 on 2025-08-19

External links

• Powell, A.W.B. (1951). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda". Discovery Reports. 26: 47–196. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16335 . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
• Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3): 789–857. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 . Retrieved 19 August 2025.