Neomphalidae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s or
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, ...
s, specifically deep sea
hydrothermal vent
Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hot ...
limpets. This family was included in the
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bouch ...
, which is a clade according to the
Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. It is now included in the clade
Neomphalina.
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).
SysTax Neomphalida McLean, 1981
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Genera
Genera and species within the Neomphalidae include: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 ...
[http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/SuperFamily_NEOMPHALOIDEA.html cited 2 October 2008]
* '' Planorbidella'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* '' Solutigyra'' Warén & Bouchet, 1989
* '' Symmetromphalus'' McLean, 1990
References
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