Ataphridae

Ataphridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Family: Ataphridae
Cossmann, 1915
Synonyms
  • Trochaclididae Thiele, 1928
  • Acremodontidae Marshall, 1983
  • Acremodontinae B.A. Marshall, 1983
  • Parataphrinae Calzada, 1989

Ataphridae, common name the false top snails,[1] is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [2]

This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies. The subfamily Acremodontinae is a synonym of Ataphridae.

Genera

References

  1. A Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania accessed 25 October, 2009
  2. Gofas, S. (2012). Ataphridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382163 on 2012-06-21

Further reading