Strepsiduridae is a
taxonomic
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family
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of
predatory
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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, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
Muricoidea
Neogastropoda is an order of aquatic snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs.
Description
The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Cre ...
,
but its position is doubtful.
According to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Strepsiduridae include:
* ''
Strepsidura''
Swainson, 1840
** The
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
of the genus ''Strepsidura'' is fossil.
** † ''
Strepsidura ficus'' (Gabb)
** † ''
Strepsidura harrisi''
Givens & Garvie, 1994
** †''
Strepsidura turgida''
(Solander, 1766)
* ''
Melapium''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[Adams H. & Adams H. (1853). ''Gen. Moll.'' 1: 136.]
** ''
Melapium elatum''
(Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
** ''
Melapium lineatum''
(Lamarck, 1822)
References
External links
Photos of shells of ''Melapium elatum'' and ''Melapium lineatum''
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Gastropod families