Neritiliidae is a
family
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of submarine cave
snails
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,
[Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". '']Organisms Diversity & Evolution
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'' 8(1): 22-43. marine gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
clade Cycloneritimorpha
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(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Original spelling was Neritilidae.
This family has no subfamilies according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Five species are freshwater.
[Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". '']Hydrobiologia
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'' 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 .
Genera
Genera within the family Neritiliidae include:
* ''
Bourdieria''
Lozouet, 2004 †
* ''
Laddia''
Kano & Kase, 2008[Bouchet, P. (2011). Neritiliidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411637 on 2011-03-16]
* ''
Micronerita''
Kano & Kase, 2008
* ''
Neritilia''
Martens, 1875 - type genus of the family Neritiliidae,
synonyms: ''Calceolata'' Iredale, 1918; ''Calceolina'' A. Adams, 1863
* ''
Pisulina''
G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
* ''
Pisulinella''
Kano & Kase, 2000 †
* ''
Platynerita''
Kano & Kase, 2003
* ''
Septariellina''
* ''
Siaesella''
Kano & Kase, 2008
* ''
Teinostomops''
Kano & Kase, 2008
References
External links
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