Peraclidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Thecosomata |
Superfamily: | Cymbulioidea |
Family: | Peraclidae Tesch, 1913[1] |
Synonyms[2] | |
Procymbuliidae, 1913 |
Peraclidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.[2]
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family was originally called Procymbuliidae Tesch, 1913 and then called Peraclididae by Wenz in 1938.[2] The name Peraclidae takes precedence.
Peracle is the type genus of the family Peraclidae.
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The left-coiled shell resembles the shell of most snails. The columella is somewhat elongated into a curved rostrum. There is an operculum and a gill.
Species within the genus Peracle Forbes, 1844 include:
Peracle bispinosa is not synonyms of Peracle diversa. It is quite a different specie! The reference for synonyms of Peracle diversa and Peracle apicifulva is : Giovine F. (1988). "The genus Peracle in the Mediterranean (Heterobranchia: Peraclidae)". La Conchiglia 20(226-227): 22-24, 5 figs. Ferdinando Giovine