The Prodotiidae are a
taxonomic
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family
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of
sea snails, often known as
whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Buccinidae (the true whelks), the word ''whelk'' is also applied to some other marin ...
s.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Prodotiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522422 on 2021-07-29]
Genera
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Caducifer
''Caducifer'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2018). Caducifer Dall, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...
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Dall, 1904
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Clivipollia
''Clivipollia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2018). Clivipollia Iredale, 1929. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...
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Iredale, 1929
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Enzinopsis''
Iredale, 1940
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Falsilatirus
''Falsilatirus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae
The Prodotiidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to variou ...
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Emerson & Moffitt, 1988
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Minioniella
''Minioniella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae
The Prodotiidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various ...
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Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
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Prodotia
''Prodotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Prodotia'' include:
* '' Prodotia castanea'' (Melvill, 1912)
* ''Prodotia crocata'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Prodotia iostom ...
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Dall, 1924
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Speccapollia
''Speccapollia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae
The Prodotiidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to variou ...
''
Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
References
* Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. & Bouchet, P. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031: 1-69.
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Buccinoidea