Scaliolidae,
common name
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scaliolids,
[Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". '']Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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family
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the superfamily
Cerithioidea
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, the ceriths and their allies.
Sand grains
agglutinate to the
teleoconch
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in the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
''Scaliola''.
2005 taxonomy
According to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Scaliolidae has no subfamilies and has
Obtortionidae Thiele, 1925 and
Finellidae Thile, 1929 as its synonyms.
2006 taxonomy
Bandel (2006)
[Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". '']Freiberger Forschungshefte
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classified Scaliolidae within the superfamily Cerithioidea, but
Obtortionidae at its own family level and Finellidae as a subfamily of
Bittiidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Scaliolidae include:
* ''
Finella'' A. Adams, 1860 - synonyms: ''Eufenella'' Kuroda & Habe, 1952; ''Fenella'' A. Adams, 1864; ''Obtortio'' Hedley, 1899
* ''
Scaliola'' A. Adams, 1860 -
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the family Scaliolidae
References
Further reading
* Ponder W. F. (1994). "The anatomy and relationships of ''Finella'' and ''Scaliola'' (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae)". In: Morton B. (ed.) ''The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III'', pp. 215–241, Hong Kong University Press.
External links
Photos at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam website
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