Provannidae

Provannidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent[1]
Alviniconcha hessleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Abyssochrysoidea
Family: Provannidae
Warén & Ponder, 1991
Synonyms

Pseudonininae Bertolaso & Palazzi, 1994

Provannidae is a family of deep water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Habitat

These snails are part of the fauna of the hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls, and sunken driftwood.[2]

Taxonomy

The family Provaniidae was previously placed in the "Zygopleuroid group" (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Subsequently Provaniidae was placed in the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Provannidae include:

References

  1. ^ a b Kaim A., Jenkins R. G. & Warén A. (2008). "Provannid and provannid−like gastropods from Late Cretaceous cold seeps of Hokkaido (Japan) and the fossil record of the Provannidae (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(3): 421-436.doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00431.x.
  2. ^ a b Suzuki Y. et al. (2006). "Single host and symbiont lineages of hydrothermal-vent gastropods Ifremeria nautilei (Provannidae): biogeography and evolution". Marine ecology. Progress series. 315: 167-175. abstract.
  3. ^ Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013