Scaphandridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea.[1]
Scaphandridae | |
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A live individual of Scaphander lignarius, anterior end to the right | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Philinoidea |
Family: | Scaphandridae G. O. Sars, 1878 |
Synonyms[1] | |
Triclidae Winckworth, 1932 |
Scaphandridae was considered as a synonym of Cylichnidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
However, Malaquias et al. (2009)[3] reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.