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Calliotropidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Seguenzioidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Calliotropidae

Similar
  
Chilodontidae, Seguenzioidea, Solariellidae, Colloniidae, Amathinidae

Calliotropidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

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2005 taxonomy

Calliotropidae was classified as the subfamily Calliotropinae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

2007-2009 taxonomy

Molecular phylogeny research on Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).

Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Calliotropinae to family level as Calliotropidae.

Genera

Genera within the family Calliotropidae include:

  • Bathybembix Crosse, 1893
  • Calliotropis L. Seguenza, 1903
  • Cidarina Dall, 1909
  • Convexia Noda, 1975
  • Echinogurges Quinn, 1979
  • Ginebis Taki & Otuka, 1942
  • Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879
  • Putzeysia Sulliotti, 1889
  • Spinicalliotropis Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
    • Genera brought into synonymy
  • Bembix Watson, 1879: synonym of Bathybembix Crosse, 1893
  • Solaricida Dall, 1919: synonym of Calliotropis L. Seguenza, 1903
  • Turcicula Dall, 1881: synonym of Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879

    • References

    Calliotropidae Wikipedia
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