Cataegidae

Cataegidae
fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Cataegidae
McLean & Quinn, 1987

Cataegidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

2009 taxonomy

Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level.

Genera

Genera within the family Cataegidae include:

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cataegidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382167 on 2013-03-17
  2. 1 2 Kano Y., Chikyu E. & Warén A. (2009) "Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 75: 397-418. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp037