Colloniidae

Colloniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Cossmann, 1917
Subfamilies
  • Colloniinae
  • Petropomatinae

Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Colloniidae was listed as subfamily Colloniinae within the family Turbinidae within Turbinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This taxon consists of four following tribes (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

2008 taxonomy

Colloniidae was elevated to family level and (together with Phasianellidae) belongs to superfamily Phasianelloidea according to Williams et al. (2008).[1] McLean (2012) added two more subfamilies Liotipomatinae and Moelleriinae.[2]

It contains the following subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Colloniidae include:[3]

Subfamily Colloniinae Cossmann, 1917
Subfamily Liotipomatinae McLean, 2012
Subfamily Moelleriinae Hickman & McLean, 1990
† Subfamily Petropomatinae Cox, 1960
Genera brought into synonymy 

References

  1. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x
  2. McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376. [29 June 2012],
  3. WoRMS (2009). Colloniidae. 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=382202 on 2010-04-17
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