Struthiolariidae

Struthiolariidae
Struthiolaria papulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868
Synonyms [1]
Struthiolariinae Gabb, 1868 (original rank)

Struthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea. ^{[1] [2]}

General characteristics

(Original description) The animal has an outer mantle-margin that is simple. The shell is oblong-oval or turrited, with entire lips. ^[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Struthiolariidae include:

• Conchothyra Hutton, 1877
• † Monalaria Marwick, 1924
• Pelicaria Gray, 1857
• Perissodonta Martens, 1878
• Struthiolaria Lamarck, 1816
• Tylospira Harris, 1897

Synonyms

• † AntarctodarwinellaZinsmeister, 1976 : synonym of Perissodonta E. von Martens, 1878
• † SingletonariaMarwick, 1952: synonym of Tylospira G. F. Harris, 1897 (junior subjective synonym)
• † StruthiolarellaSteinmann & Wilckens, 1908: synonym of Perissodonta E. von Martens, 1878

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196899 on 2015-01-29
2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
3. Gabb, W.M. (1868). "An attempt at the revision of the two families Strombidae and Aporrhaidae". American Journal of Conchology. 4 (3): 147. Retrieved 7 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .