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Chilodontidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Vetigastropoda
Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea
Familia: Chilodontidae
Genera: Caenotropus - Chilodus

Name

Chilodontidae

Synonyms

* Chilodidae [incorrect original spelling?]
o Chilodontidae [corrected spelling]


Type genus

* Chilodus [stem = Chilodont-?]


References

* Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]

Chilodontidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

The family was previously in the superfamily Neritoidea in the order Neritopsina and the superorder Neritaemorphi.

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

* Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938
* Calliotropinae Hickman & McLean, 1990
* Cataeginae McLean & Quinn, 1987

2007 taxonomy

A Molecular phylogeny research of Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Chilodontidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[2]

* Agathodonta Cosman, 1918
* Chilodonta Etallon, 1862
* Danilia Brusina, 1865
* Dentistyla Dall, 1889
* Euchelus Philippi, 1847
* Granata Cotton, 1957
* Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1889
* Hybochelus Pilsbry, 1889
* Mirachelus Woodring, 1928
* Perrinia H. & A. Adams, 1854
* Tibatrochus Nomura, 1940
* Turcica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Vaceuchelus Iredale, 1929

References

1. ^ Kano Y. (2007). "Vetigastropod phylogeny and a new concept of Seguenzioidea: independent evolution of copulatory organs in the deep-sea habitats". Zoologica Scripta 37(1): 1-21. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00316.x
2. ^ WoRMS : Chilodontidae; accessed : 1 October 2010

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