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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: Neogastropoda

Familia Incertae sedis: Strepsiduridae
Genera (1): Melapium
Name

Strepsiduridae Cossmann, 1901
Synonyms

Melapiidae Kantor, 1991

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Strepsiduridae in the World Register of Marine Species

Strepsiduridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Muricoidea,[3] but its position is doubtful.[3]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.
Genera

Genera within the family Strepsiduridae include:

Strepsidura Swainson, 1840[4]
The type species of the genus Strepsidura is fossil.[3]
† Strepsidura ficus (Gabb)
† Strepsidura harrisi Givens & Garvie, 1994[5]
†Strepsidura turgida (Solander, 1766)
Melapium H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[6]
Melapium elatum (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Melapium lineatum (Lamarck, 1822)

References

Cossmann M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée 4: 130.
Kantor (1991). Ruthenica 1(1-2): 50.
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 90: 308.
Givens C. R. & Garvie C. L. (1994). "Strepsidura ficus (Gabb) of Harris (1895), Eocene of Texas: A Volutid Gastropod Species Distinct from Whitneya ficus Gabb, 1864, Eocene of California". Journal of Paleontology 68(2): 274-278. JSTOR.
Adams H. & Adams H. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 136.

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