Ataphridae
| Ataphridae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Ataphridae Cossmann, 1915 |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- Acremodonta B. A. Marshall, 1983
- Acremodontina B. A. Marshall, 1995
- † Ataphrus Gabb, 1869 - type genus
- Austrotrochaclis B. A. Marshall, 1995
- Trochaclis Thiele, 1912
References
- ↑ A Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania accessed 25 October, 2009
- ↑ 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
- Marshall, B.A. 1983: Acremodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). National Museum of New Zealand Records 2: 127-130 (p.127)
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
Further reading
- Gründel J. (November 2008) "Remarks to the classification and phylogeny of the Ataphridae Cossmann, 1915 (Gastropoda, Archaeogastropoda) in the Jurassic". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 250(2): 177-197. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0250-0177