Neomphalidae
| Neomphalidae | |
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| Shell of Helicrenion reticulatum (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
| Family: | Neomphalidae McLean, 1981[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 10 extant species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cyathermiidae McLean, 1990 | |
Neomphalidae is a family of sea snails or limpets, specifically deep sea hydrothermal vent limpets. This family is included in the Vetigastropoda, which is a clade according to the Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
No subfamilies are included in this family. The Neomphalidae was removed from the subclass Eogastropoda where it was the only family in the superfamily Neomphaloidea McLean, 1981 and order Neomphalida (McLean, 1981).[3]
Genera
[edit]Genera and species within the Neomphalidae include:[4]
- Cyathermia Warén & Bouchet, 1989
- Lacunoides Warén & Bouchet, 1989
- Neomphalus McLean, 1981[1] - type genus[4]
- Planorbidella Warén & Bouchet, 1993
- Solutigyra Warén & Bouchet, 1989
- Symmetromphalus McLean, 1990
References
[edit]- 1 2 McLean J. H. (8 December 1981). "The Galapagos rift limpet Neomphalus: relevance to understanding the evolution of a major paleozoic-mesozoic radiation". Malacologia 21(1-2): 291-336.
- ↑ WoRMS. Taxon tree. accessed 28 November 2017.
- ↑ SysTax Neomphalida McLean, 1981
- 1 2 http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/SuperFamily_NEOMPHALOIDEA.html cited 2 October 2008