Chilodontidae (gastropods)

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Chilodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Neritaemorphi Order: Neritopsina Superfamily: Neritoidea Family: Chilodontidae
Subfamilies
Chilodontinae Calliotropinae

Chilodontidae are a taxonomic family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Neritopsina.

Although the shells are not very similar, this family is quite closely related to the nerites, the family Neritidae.

[edit] Genera within the family Chilodontidae

• Subfamily Chilodontinae
  • Agathodonta Cosman, 1918
  • Chilodonta Etallon, 1862
  • Danilia Brusina, 1865
  • Williama Monterosato, 1884 - incertae sedis
  • Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1889
  • Hybochelus Pilsbry, 1889
  • Perrinia H. & A. Adams, 1854
  • Tibatrochus Nomura, 1940
• Subfamily Calliotropinae
  • Lischkeia Kiener & Fischer, 1880
  • Calliotropis Seguenza, 1903
  • Enida A. Adams, 1860