Cerithiopsidae

Family of gastropods

Cerithiopsidae
A shell of Prolixodens whaaporum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms[1]
  • Aliptinae B. A. Marshall, 1978 (alternate representation)
  • Cerithiopsinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (alternate representation)
  • Seilinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 (alternate representation)

Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.[1]

These tiny snails have shells that are very high-spired and consist of multiple whorls.

Subfamilies

The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • Aliptinae Marshall, 1978
  • Cerithiopsinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Seilinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975

Genera

Cerithiopsidella caterinae
Holotype of Joculator boguszae

As of August 2020[update], the following genera are included in the family Cerithiopsidae:[1]

  • Alipta Finlay, 1927
  • Aliptina Marshall, 1978
  • Belonimorphis Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Cerithiopsidella Bartsch, 1911
  • Cerithiopsilla Thiele, 1912
  • Cerithiopsina Bartsch, 1911
  • Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850
  • Clathropsis Laseron, 1956
  • Cosmocerithium Cossmann, 1906
  • Costulopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2019
  • Cubalaskeya Rolan & Fernandez-Garcés, 2008
  • Cyrbasia Harris & Burrows, 1891
  • Dizoniopsis Sacco, 1895
  • Dragonia Guzhov, 2019
  • Ektonos Bouchet & Warén, 1993
  • Eocolina Chavan, 1952
  • Granulopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
  • Horologica Laseron, 1956
  • Joculator Hedley, 1909
  • Koilofera Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Krachia Baluk, 1975
  • Krachiopsis Smriglio & Mariottini, 1999
  • Marshallopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
  • Mendax Finlay, 1926
  • Onchodia Dall, 1924
  • Ondulopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
  • Oparopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2015
  • Paraseila Laseron, 1951
  • Pilaflexis Laseron, 1951
  • Potenatomus Laseron, 1956
  • Prolixodens Marshall, 1978
  • Proseila Thiele, 1929
  • Seila A. Adams, 1861
  • Seilopsis Tomlin, 1931
  • Socienna Finlay, 1927
  • Specula Finlay, 1927
  • Speculator Warén & Bouchet, 2001
  • Sundaya Oliver, 1915
  • Spinoseila P. A. Maxwell, 1992
  • Synthopsis Laseron, 1956
  • Tasmalira Dell, 1956
  • Thereitis Le Renard, 1998
  • Tubercliopsis Laseron, 1956
  • Zaclys Finlay, 1927
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Australopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014: synonym of Oparopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2015 (invalid: junior homonym of Australopsis Hinz-Schallreuter, 1993 [Ostracoda]; Oparopsis is a replacement name)
  • Callisteuma Tomlin, 1929: synonym of Granulopsis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 (invalid: junior homonym of Callisteuma Prout, 1912 [Lepidoptera]; Granulopsis is a replacement name)
  • Cinctella Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Seila A. Adams, 1861
  • Conciliopsis Laseron, 1956: synonym of Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850
  • Granulotriforis Kosuge, 1967: synonym of Trituba (Granulotriforis) Kosuge, 1967 represented as Trituba Jousseaume, 1884
  • Hebeseila Finlay, 1926: synonym of Seila (Hebeseila) Finlay, 1926 represented as Seila A. Adams, 1861
  • Lyroseila Finlay, 1928: synonym of Seila (Lyroseila) Finlay, 1928 represented as Seila A. Adams, 1861
  • Nanopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2010: synonym of Costulopsis Cecalupo & Robba, 2019 (invalid: junior homonym of Nanopsis Henningsmoen, 1954 [Ostracoda]; Costulopsis is a replacement name)
  • Notoseila Finlay, 1926: synonym of Seila (Notoseila) Finlay, 1926 represented as Seila A. Adams, 1861
  • Tembrockia Gründel, 1980 : synonym of † Thereitis Le Renard, 1998 (preoccupied by Tembrockia Glibert & van de Poel, 1967 (Bivalvia); Thereitis Le Renard, 1998 is a replacement name)

References

  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=130 on 2020-08-02

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cerithiopsidae.
  • BA Marshall, Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family; New Zealand journal of zoology, 1978
  • Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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