Abyssochrysidae
Abyssochrysidae Temporal range:
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Anatomy of the soft parts of Abyssochrysos melanioides removed from the shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea |
Family: | Abyssochrysidae Tomlin, 1927[2] |
Type genus | |
Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927
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Abyssochrysidae is a
mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Taxonomy
The family Abyssochrysidae was previously placed in the "Zygopleuroid group" (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 2008, the sister group Provannidae was moved into the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927 by Kain et al.[1] and the family Abyssochrysidae was also moved into the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.[3]
Genera
Genera within this family include:
- Acanthostrophia
- Acanthostrophia acanthica - a fossil from the Jurassic of Italy, and the oldest known species in the family Abyssochrysidae.[1]
- Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927 - the type genus of the family
- Humptulipsia Kiel, 2008[4]
- Humptulipsia raui (Goedert & Kaler, 1996) - synonym: Abyssochrysos raui Goedert & Kaler, 1996 - a fossil species from the Eocene[4]
References
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- Annals of the South African Museum25(1): 77-83, 4 figures. page 77.
- ^ WoRMS (2009). Abyssochrysidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345309 on 2010-05-04
- ^ doi:10.1666/06-029.1.
Further reading
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- Goedert J. L. & Kaler K. L. (1996). "A new species of Abyssochrysos (Gastropoda: Loxonematoidea) from a Middle Eocene Cold Seep Carbonate in the Humptulips Formation, Western Washington". Veliger 39: 65–70.
- Houbrick R. S. (1979). "Classification and systematic relationships of the Abyssochrysidae, a relict family of bathyal snails". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 290: 1-21.