Scaphandridae

Scaphandridae
A live individual of Scaphander lignarius, anterior end to the right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subterclass: Tectipleura
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Scaphandridae
G.O. Sars, 1878
Synonyms

Triclidae Winckworth, 1932

Scaphandridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea.

Taxonomy

Scaphandridae was considered as a synonym of Cylichnidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

However, Malaquias et al. (2009) reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.

Genera

Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 "Scaphandridae G.O. Sars, 1878". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  3. ↑ Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x.