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: Neomphaliones
Ordo: Neomphalida
Superfamilia: Neomphaloidea
Familia: Peltospiridae
Genera (12): Chrysomallon – Ctenopelta – Depressigyra – Dracogyra – Echinopelta – Gigantopelta – Hirtopelta – Lirapex – Nodopelta – Pachydermia – Peltospira – Rhynchopelta
Name
Peltospiridae McLean, 1989
References
Primary references
McLean, J.H. 1989. New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents: new family Peltospiridae, new superfamily Peltospiracea. Zoologica Scripta 18(1): 49–66. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00123.x Full article (PDF)
Links
Peltospiridae in the World Register of Marine Species
Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade Neomphalina[2]
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Peltospiridae:
Chrysomallon (1 species)
Ctenopelta (1 species)
Depressigyra Warén & Bouchet, 1989
Dracogyra C. Chen, Y.-D. Zhou, C.-S. Wang & Copley, 2017
Echinopelta McLean, 1989
Gigantopelta C. Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & A. D. Rogers, 2015
Hirtopelta McLean, 1989
Lirapex Warén & Bouchet, 1989
Nodopelta McLean, 1989
Pachydermia Warén & Bouchet, 1989
Peltospira McLean, 1989
Rhynchopelta McLean, 1989
Symmetriapelta L. Beck, 2023
Cladogram
A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Peltospiridae.[3] Lacunoides and Cyathermia are sometimes classified within Neomphalidae, but according to the COI genne analysis, they cluster within Peltospiridae.[4]
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References
WoRMS. Taxon tree. accessed 28 November 2017.
Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Peltospiridae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180915 on 2012-03-20
Chen C., Linse K., Roterman C. N., Copley J. T. & Rogers A. D. (2015). "A new genus of large hydrothermal vent‐endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2), 319-335. doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
Chen C.; Linse K.; Copley J. T.; Rogers A.D. (2015). "The 'scaly-foot gastropod': a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81 (3): 322–334. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv013.
McLean, J.H. (1989). New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents: new family Peltospiridae, new superfamily Peltospiracea. Zoologica Scripta. 18(1): 49-66.
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