Provannidae

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Provannidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent [1]
Alviniconcha hessleri.jpg
Two preserved individuals of Alviniconcha hessleri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Abyssochrysoidea
Family: Provannidae
Warén & Ponder, 1991 [2]
Type genus
Provanna Dall, 1918
Synonyms [3]

Pseudonininae Bertolaso & Palazzi, 1994

Provannidae is a family of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfmaily Abyssochrysoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 and updated in 2008 by Kaim et al.). [3]

Contents

The genera Provanna and Desbruyeresia have smaller and slender shells, while the shells of Alviniconcha and Ifremeria are larger and swollen. The shells of these two last genera house a hypertrophied ctenidium large quantities of symbiotic bacteria.

Habitat

These snails are part of the fauna of the deep-sea hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls, and sunken driftwood environments. [4]

Taxonomy

The family Provaniidae was previously placed in the "Zygopleuroid group" (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Subsequently, Provaniidae was placed in the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927. [1]

There are some affinities with the Littorinoidea as shown by molecular data [5] and sperm ultrastructure [6]

Multi-gene analysis has shown that the family Provannidae is paraphyletic. It is being treated as belonging to the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea until a new family-level revision has been undertaken. [7]

Genera

Genera within the family Provannidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy

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<i>Ifremeria</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Provanna muricata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Provanna sculpta</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Provanna segonzaci</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Provanna</i> Genus of gastropods

Provanna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Provannidae.

This overview lists proposed changes in the taxonomy of gastropods at the family level and above since 2005, when the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) was published. In other words, these are recent updates in the way various groups of snails and slugs are classified.

References

  1. 1 2 Kaim A., Jenkins R. G. & Warén A. (2008). "Provannid and provannid−like gastropods from Late Cretaceous cold seeps of Hokkaido (Japan) and the fossil record of the Provannidae (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(3): 421-436. doi : 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00431.x.
  2. ↑ Warén & Ponder (1991), Zoologica Scripta, 20(1): 50
  3. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Provannidae Warén & Ponder, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382206 on 2021-03-15
  4. 1 2 Suzuki Y. et al. (2006). "Single host and symbiont lineages of hydrothermal-vent gastropods Ifremeria nautilei (Provannidae): biogeography and evolution". Marine ecology. Progress series. 315: 167-175. abstract.
  5. ↑ Colgan D. J., Ponder W. F., Beacham E. & Macaranas J. (2006). "Molecular phylogenetics of Caenogastropoda (Gastropoda: Mollusca)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42(3): 717-737. doi : 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.009 PDF
  6. ↑ Healy, J. M. 1990. Taxonomic affinities of the deep-sea genus Provanna: new evidence from sperm structure; J. Molluscan Stud. 56: 119-122
  7. 1 2 S. B. JOHNSON, A. WARÉN, R. W. LEE, Y. KANO, A. KAIM, A. DAVIS, E. E. STRONG and R. C. VRIJENHOEK, Rubyspira, new genus and two new species of bone-eating deep-sea snails with ancient habits; Biological Bulletin, Vol. 219, No. 2 (October 2010), pp. 166-177
  8. ↑ Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography56(23): 2326-2349. doi : 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
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