Clathurellidae is a

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of small to medium-sized

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s in the superfamily

Conoidea Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered ...

.Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". ''

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'' 77: 273-308. .Bouchet, P. (2011). Clathurellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153873 on 15 August 2011.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) Clathurellinae was classified as a subfamily of

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2011 taxonomy

In 2011 Bouchet, Kantor ''et al''. brought some genera from the subfamily Clathurellinae (at that point belonging to the family

) in a new family, Clathurellidae. This was based on anatomical characters and a dataset of molecular sequences of three

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fragments.

Description

Species in this family have small to medium-sized fusiform shells that have strong

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. The apex is mammillary. The anal sinus is varicose, and touches the sutural ramp. The columella is tuberculated posterior, rugose in front. It lacks columellar pleats. The

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is slightly curved, and varies in length between short to moderately long (as in '' Glyphostoma rostrata''). The operculum is always absent in this family. The family Clathurellidae appears to differ from the family

Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...

principally in its more rounded whorls and cancellate sculpture.

Genera

Genera within the family Clathurellidae include: * '' Acrista'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Adanaclava'' Bartsch, 1950 * ''

Clathurella ''Clathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae. Description The shell is fusiform or turriculated. The columella lip has no callosity, except a small posterior tooth. There is no operculum. Th ...

'' Carpenter, 1857 * '' Comarmondia'' Monterosato, 1884 - synonyms: ''Bellardia'' Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883; ''Bellardiella'' P. Fischer, 1883; ''Bellatula'' Strand, 1929 * '' Corinnaeturris'' Bouchet & Warén, 1980 * ''

Crockerella ''Crockerella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae Clathurellidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P., Ka ...

'' Hertlein & Strong, 1951 * '' Etrema'' Hedley, 1918 - synonym: ''Iraqetrema'' Dance & Eames, 1966 * '' Etremopa'' Oyama, 1953 * '' Etremopsis'' Powell, 1942 * '' Euclathurella'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Euglyphostoma'' Woodring, 1970 * ''

Glyphostoma ''Glyphostoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Clathurellidae. Description The shell has a fusiform shape. The siphonal canal is rather long. The genus is characterized by a ve ...

'' Gabb, 1873 * '' Glyphostomops'' Bartsch, 1934 * '' Lienardia'' Jousseaume, 1884 * '' Nannodiella'' Dall, 1919 * '' Paraclathurella'' Boettger, 1895 * '' Pleurotomoides'' Bronn, 1831 * '' Pseudoetrema'' Oyama, 1953 * '' Strombinoturris'' Hertlein & Strong, 1951 * ''

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'' Laseron, 1954 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Bellardia'' Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883: synonym of '' Comarmondia'' Monterosato, 1884 * ''Bellardiella'' P. Fischer, 1883: synonym of '' Comarmondia'' Monterosato, 1884 * ''Bellatula'' Strand, 1929: synonym of '' Comarmondia'' Monterosato, 1884 * ''Clathromangilia'': synonym of ''

Clathromangelia ''Clathromangelia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae . The species in this genus lack a radula. Species Species within the genus ''Clathromangelia'' include: * ''Cl ...

'' Monterosato, 1884 * ''Iraqetrema'' Dance & Eames, 1966: synonym of '' Etrema'' Hedley, 1918

References

External links

*
H. S. Ladd. 1982. ''Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae).'' United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100
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