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The Skeneidae are a speciose
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 minute to small marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558146 on 2013-09-30 The former subfamily Skeneinae (in the family
Turbinidae Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
) was loosely defined. Information on the specific characters of this family are incompletely described. Recent molecular evidence suggests that a number of these genera in Skeneinae probably belong to other families altogether, so many of these assignments must be regarded as provisional. Williams noted in 2012 that "this group is in a desperate need of revision". The subfamily Skeneidae has been upgraded to the status of family Skeneidae, comprising most genera formerly in the subfamily Skeneinae. But even then, the family Skeneidae represents a
polyphyletic A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...
, “skeneimorph” assemblage. It should be pruned of many genera which would go to the superfamily
Seguenzioidea Seguenzioidea is a family (biology), superfamily of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database ...
according to Kano (2008) Until a researcher formally assigns them to a seguenzioid family in the literature, the database
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prefers to keep them unchanged. This family is assemblage of small to very small shells that lack a nacreous structure. The shells are white and show no color patterns.


Genera

* '' Bruceiella'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993 * '' Callodix'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Callomphala'' A. Adams & Angas, 1864 * '' Cirsonella'' Angas, 1877 - synonym: '' Tharsiella'' Bush, 1897 * '' Dasyskenea'' Fasulo & Cretella, 2003 * '' Didianema'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Dikoleps'' Hoisaeter, 1968 * '' Dillwynella'' Dall, 1889WoRMS (2009). ''Dillwynella''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413477 on 2010-04-19 * '' Fucaria'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993 * '' Ganesa'' Jeffreys, 1883 * '' Haplocochlias'' Carpenter, 1864 * '' Iheyaspira'' Okutani, Sasaki & Tsuchida, 2000 * '' Leucorhynchia'' Crosse, 1867 * '' Liocarinia'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Liotella'' Iredale, 1915 * '' Lissomphalia'' Warén, 1992 * '' Lissospira'' Bush, 1897 * '' Lodderena'' Iredale, 1924 * '' Lodderia'' Tate, 1899 * '' Lopheliella'' Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2008 * '' Lophocochlias'' Pilsbry, 1921 * '' Mikro'' Warén, 1996 * '' Munditiella'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954 * '' Parisanda'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Partubiola'' Iredale, 1936 * '' Parviturbo'' Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 * '' Philorene'' Oliver, 1915 * '' Pondorbis'' Bartsch, 1915 *'' Protolira'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993 * ''
Pseudoliotina ''Pseudoliotina'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the Family (biology), family Skeneidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Pseudoliotina Cossmann, 1925 †. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
'' Cossmann, 1925 *'' Pseudorbis'' Monterosato, 1884 * '' Rotostoma'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Seamountiella'' Rubio, Gofas & Rolán, 2019 * '' Skenea'' Fleming, 1825 - type genus * '' Skeneoides'' Warén, 1992 * † '' Spinobrookula'' Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982 * '' Tasmocrossea'' Dell, 1952 * '' Tholostoma'' Laseron, 1958 * '' Zalipais'' Iredale, 1915 ;Genera moved to other families: * '' Bathyxylophila'' B. A. Marshall, 1988: moved to family
Larocheidae Larocheidae is a family of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusc A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to ...
Finlay, 1927 * '' Conradia'' A. Adams, 1860: moved to the family Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013 * '' Crossea'' A. Adams, 1865: moved to the family Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013 * '' Crosseola'' Iredale, 1924: moved to the family Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013 ; Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Chunula'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of '' Granigyra'' Dall, 1889 * ''Crosseia'' P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of '' Crossea'' A. Adams, 1865 * ''Gottoina'' A. Adams, 1863: synonym of '' Conradia'' A. Adams, 1860 * ''Helisalia'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Omalogyra'' Jeffreys, 1859 * ''Lapidicola'' Egorova, 1972: synonym of '' Lissotesta'' Iredale, 1915 * ''Porcupinia'' Cossmann, 1900: synonym of '' Cirsonella'' Angas, 1877 * ''Skeneia'' ic synonym of '' Skenea'' Fleming, 1825 * ''Tharsiella'' Bush, 1897: synonym of '' Cirsonella'' Angas, 1877 * ''Tharsis'' Jeffreys, 1883:synonym of '' Cirsonella'' Angas, 1877


References

* Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. (1990) ''Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods.''; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, 35, 1–169 * Warén, A. (1991) ''New and little known skeneimorph gastropods from the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean.'' Bollettino Malacologico, 27, 149–248.


External links


Seashells of New South Wales: Family Skeneidae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3733383 Trochoidea (superfamily)