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Neritiliidae

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Neritiliidae
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Neritiliidae

Schepman, 1908
Type genus
Neritilia Martens, 1875
Diversity
5 freshwater[1] and some marine

Neritiliidae is a family of submarine cave snails,[2] marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [3]

Five species are freshwater.[1]

This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Genera

Genera within the family Neritiliidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Calceolata Iredale, 1918 : synonym of Neritilia Martens, 1875
  • Calceolina A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Neritilia Martens, 1875

References

  1. ^ a b Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  2. ^ Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8(1): 22-43. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.09.003
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Neritiliidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411637 on 2011-03-16