Neritiliidae

Summary

Neritiliidae is a family of submarine cave snails,[2] marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[3]

Neritiliidae
Neritilia rubida shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Neritiliidae
Schepman, 1908[1]
Genera

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Original spelling was Neritilidae.[1][3] This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.[3]

Five species are freshwater.[4]

Genera edit

Genera within the family Neritiliidae include:

References edit

  1. ^ a b Schepman M. M. (1908). "The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part I, Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa, with an appendix by R. Bergh". Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanografisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H. M. Siboga, Monographie 49a: 107 pp., 9 plates, page 13.
  2. ^ Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8(1): 22-43. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.09.003
  3. ^ a b c d Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ^ Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Bouchet, P. (2011). Neritiliidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411637 on 2011-03-16