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
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea
Familia: Siliquariidae
Genera (5): Caporbis – Hummelinckiella – Petalopoma – Stephopoma – Tenagodus
Name
Siliquariidae Anton, 1838
Synonyms
Siliquariinae Anton, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
Stephopomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997· accepted, alternate representation
Tenagodidae Gill, 1871
References
Bieler, R.; Petit, R.E. 2011: Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa 2948: 1–103. Preview PDF Reference page.
Links
Siliquariidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
Siliquariinae Anton, 1838 - synonym: Tenagodidae Gill, 1871
Stephopomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
Genera
Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:[2][3]
Siliquariinae
Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
Tenagodus Guettard, 1770
Stephopomatinae
Hummelinckiella Faber & Moolenbeek, 1999[4]
Stephopoma Mörch, 1860
subfamily ?
Caporbis Bartsch, 1915
Petalopoma Schiaparelli, 2002
References
Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
"Siliquariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Bouchet, P. (2012). Stephopomatinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411658 on 2012-09-11
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