Obtortionidae

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Obtortionidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha[Note 1]
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Obtortionidae
Thiele, 1925

Obtortionidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea, that is within the clade Cerithimorpha[1] or in clade Sorbeoconcha.[2]

The shell of the larva is ornamental.[1]

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Obtortionidae has been recognized as a synonym of family Scaliolidae within clade Caenogastropoda/clade Sorbeoconcha/Superfamily Cerithioidea.[2] Finellidae has been also a synonym of Scaliolidae.[2]

2006 taxonomy

Bandel (2006)[1] have classified Obtortionidae in superfamily Cerithioidea within clade Cerithimorpha in the order Palaeo-Caenogastropoda Bandel, 1993 within subclass Caenogastropoda.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Obtortionidae include:

  • Obtortio Hedley, 1899[1]
  • Clathrofenella Kuroda & Habe, 1952[3]
  • Finella Adams, 1860 is in subfamily Finellinae within Bittiidae per Bandel (2006)[1] but it used to be classified in Obtortionidae also (WoRMS 2009).[4]

Footnotes

  1. Placement of Cerithioidea is in Sorbeoconcha per the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 
  3. WoRMS (2009). Clathrofenella Kuroda & Habe, 1952. 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=138263 on 2010-08-07
  4. WoRMS (2009). Finella Adams, 1860. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138264 on 2010-08-07
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