Scaphandridae

Scaphandridae
A live individual of Scaphander lignarius, anterior end to the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Philinoidea ?
Family: Scaphandridae
Genera

See text.

Synonyms

Triclidae Winckworth, 1932

Scaphandridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily ???.

Taxonomy

Scaphandridae was considered as a synonym of Cylichnidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

However, Malaquias et al. (2009)[2] reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.

Genera

  • † Alicula Eichwald, 1830
  • Kaitoa Marwick, 1931
  • Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913
  • Roxania Leach in Gray, 1847
  • Sabatia Bellardi, 1877
  • Scaphander Montfort, 1810

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. ↑ Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x.
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