Murchisonellidae

Murchisonellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Murchisonellidae
Casey, 1904[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Ebalidae Warén, 1994[2]
  • Anisocyclidae Van Aartsen, 1995

Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea.[3]

Contents

Taxonomy

1999 taxonomy

Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999),[4] there were five genera in the Ebalidae:

2005 taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ Casey (1904). Transactions of the Academy of Science of St Louis 14: 125.
  2. ^ Warén, A. (1994). "Systematic position and validity of Ebala, Gray, 1847 (Ebalidae fam. n., Pyramidelloidea, Heterobranchia)". Bollettino Malacologico 30: 203–210. 
  3. ^ a b c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
  4. ^ Schander C., van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan, J. C. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Bollettino Malacologico 34 (9–12): 145–166. 
  5. ^ Gofas, S. (2009). Ebala Gray, 1847. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137920 on 2010-09-16
  6. ^ WoRMS (2010). Henrya. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415463 on 2010-09-16