Areneidae

Areneidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Angarioidea
Family: Areneidae

Areneidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.

Areneidae is not officially described as a taxon name.[1] Areneidae is provisionaly placed within the superfamily Angarioidea according to Williams et al. (2008).[2]

Genera

There are two genera within the family Areneidae:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Arene Adams, 1845. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413481 on 2010-04-17
  2. ^ Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x