Cerithium carnaticum Cerithium carnaticum
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea
Familia: Ovulidae
Subfamilia: Pediculariinae
Tribus (2): Cypraediini – Pediculariini
Genera Incertae sedis (1 + 3†): Olianatrivia – †Cypropterina – †Lozouetina – †Transovula
Name
Pediculariinae Gray, 1853
Synonyms
Pediculariidae Gray, 1853
References
Links
Pediculariinae in the World Register of Marine Species
Pediculariinae is a subfamily of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae and the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies.[1] As of 2009, it comprises 48 described species of which 20 are regarded as valid by most scientists.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
Simone (2004)[2] placed some genera in the family Pediculariidae which were previously in the family Ovulidae. Comparison of the shell, radula and morphology suggested a closer phylogenetic relationship to the Pediculariidae than to the Lamellariidae, the Eratoidae/Triviidae, or the Ovulidae.[2] However, both the validity of the family Pediculariidae, and its proper position within the superfamily Cypraeoidea, remain controversial.[2] As of 2019, the World Register of Marine Species considers it a subfamily of the family Ovulidae.[1]
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the subfamily Pediculariinae was included within the family Ovulidae.
2007 taxonomy
Fehse (2007)[3] raised the subfamily Pediculariinae to the level of family as Pediculariidae, based on morphological research on the radulae, the shell, the soft part morphology and molecular phylogeny research on the 16S ribosomal RNA gene.[3]
Genera
The subfamily Pediculariinae contains the following tribes and genera:[1]
tribe Cypraediini Schilder, 1927
† Cypraedia Swainson, 1840
† Eucypraedia Schilder, 1939
Jenneria Jousseaume, 1884
Pseudocypraea Schilder, 1925
tribe Pediculariini Gray, 1853
† Cypraeopsis Schilder, 1936
Lunovula Rosenberg, 1990
Pedicularia Swainson, 1840
Pedicypraedia Lorenz, 2009
not assigned to a tribe
† Cypropterina de Gregorio, 1880
† Lozouetina Dolin & Dockery, 2018
† Olianatrivia Dolin, Biosca-Munts & Parcerisa, 2013
† Transovula de Gregorio, 1880
Description
The species in this subfamily differ in a radical way from other species in the Ovulidae by the morphology of the first and second marginal teeth in their radula. While these are symmetrical (and even palmaceous) in the Ovulidae, they are asymmetrical, as can be seen in Pseudocypraea adamsonii Sowerby, 1832 (formed like a swatter) or in Jenneria pustulata and Pedicularia sicula (formed like a whip).[4]
Feeding habits
These sea snails feed on stony corals (Scleractinia) and hydrozoans.[5]
References
Pediculariinae Gray, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
Simone L. R. L. (2004). "Morphology and Phylogeny of the Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda)". Papel Virtual Editoria (Rio de Janeiro): 185 pp.
Fehse D. (2007). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae. XVI. The higher systematics". Spixiana 30(1): 121-125. PDF Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.
(in French) Dolin L. & Ledon D. (2002). "Nouveaux taxons et discussion de la systématique des genres correspondents d’Ovulidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) de l’Éocène inférieur de Gan, (France)". Geodiversitas 24(2): 329-347.
Dolin L. (1997) "Jenneria (Projenneria) eniwetokensis subgen. nov., sp. nov.: a western Pacific new occurrence for the genus". Cossmanniana 4(1-2): 20-24.
Further reading
Lorenz, F.; Fehse D. (2009). The living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of allied cowries Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 650 pp.
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