The Tudiclidae are

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in the superfamily

Buccinoidea Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It had been p ...

of large

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s, often known as

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s and the like.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1296552 on 2023-07-05

Genera

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'' H. J. Finlay, 1926 * '' Afer'' Conrad, 1858 * † '' Boltenella'' Wade, 1917 * ''

Buccinulum ''Buccinulum'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the whelk family Tudiclidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Buccinulum Deshayes, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' Deshayes, 1830 * † '' Cophocara'' R. B. Stewart, 1927 * ''

Euthria ''Euthria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the whelk family Tudiclidae. Species Species within the genus ''Euthria'' include: * '' Euthria abrotona'' Fraussen & Rolán, 2003 * '' Euthria adeles'' Dautzenberg & Fisher, ...

'' Gray, 1850 * † '' Euthriofusus'' Cossmann, 1901 * '' Euthriostoma'' Marche-Marchad & Brébion, 1977 * † '' Haplovoluta'' Wade, 1918 * † '' Hercorhyncus'' Conrad, 1869 * † '' Heteroterma'' Gabb, 1869 * '' Lirabuccinum'' Vermeij, 1991 * † '' Nekewis'' R. B. Stewart, 1927 * † '' Rapopsis'' Saul, 1988 † * ''

Siphonofusus ''Siphonofusus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tudiclidae. Species Species within the genus ''Siphonofusus'' include: * ''Siphonofusus chinensis'' (MacNeil, 1960) * '' Siphonofusus vicdani'' Kosuge, 1992 ;Spe ...

'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954 * '' Tasmeuthria'' Iredale, 1925 * ''

Tudicla ''Tudicla'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae, the true whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tudicla Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespec ...

'' Röding, 1798 * † ''Tudiclana'' Finlay & Marwick, 1937 ;Synonyms: * † ''Brucia'' Cossmann, 1920 †: synonym of † '' Haplovoluta'' Wade, 1918 (objective synonym) * † ''Ellicea'' Finlay, 1928: synonym of ''Aeneator (Ellicea)'' H. J. Finlay, 1928: synonym of ''

'' H. J. Finlay, 1926 * ''Euthrena'' Iredale, 1918: synonym of ''Buccinulum (Euthrena)'' Iredale, 1918: synonym of Buccinulum Deshayes, 1830 (synonym) * ''Evarne'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of ''

'' Deshayes, 1830 * ''Evarnula'' Finlay, 1926: synonym of ''

'' Deshayes, 1830 * † ''Pittella'' Marwick, 1928: synonym of ''

'' H. J. Finlay, 1926 * ''Pyrella'' Swainson, 1835: synonym of ''

'' Röding, 1798 (objective synonym) * † ''Scobina'' Wade, 1917: synonym of † '' Haplovoluta'' Wade, 1918 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Scobina'' Lepeletier, 1825 ymenoptera ''Haplovoluta'' and ''Brucia'' are replacement names) * ''Spirillus'' Schlüter, 1838: synonym of ''

'' Röding, 1798 (objective synonym) * ''Streptosiphon'' Gill, 1867: synonym of '' Afer'' Conrad, 1858 * Subfamily Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901 (original rank) * ''Tudicula'' de Ryckholt, 1862: synonym of ''

'' Röding, 1798 (unjustified emendation)

References

*Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232–286. * Harasewych M.G. (2018). The anatomy of Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767) and the relationships of the Tudiclidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). The Nautius. 132(2): 35-44

External links

Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857
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