Scaliolidae

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Scaliolidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Scaliolidae
F. P. Jousseaume, 1912
Diversity[1]
about 12 extant species
Synonyms

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Scaliolidae,

molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea, the ceriths and their allies.[2]

Sand grains

teleoconch in the type genus Scaliola.[3]

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Scaliolidae has no subfamilies and has Obtortionidae Thiele, 1925 and Finellidae Thile, 1929 as its synonyms.[2]

2006 taxonomy

Bandel (2006)[3] classified Scaliolidae within the superfamily Cerithioidea, but Obtortionidae at its own family level and Finellidae as a subfamily of Bittiidae.[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Scaliolidae include:

  • Finella A. Adams, 1860 - synonyms: Eufenella Kuroda & Habe, 1952; Fenella A. Adams, 1864; Obtortio Hedley, 1899
  • Scaliola A. Adams, 1860 - type genus of the family Scaliolidae

References

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  3. ^ a b c Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF[permanent dead link].

Further reading

  • Ponder W. F. (1994). "The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae)". In: Morton B. (ed.) The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III, pp. 215–241, Hong Kong University Press.

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