Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Rank Family | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cerithioidea | |
Similar Skeneopsidae, Vanikoridae, Barleeiidae, Aclididae, Carinariidae | ||
Obtortionidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea, that is within the clade Cerithimorpha or in clade Sorbeoconcha.
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The shell of the larva is ornamental.
2005 taxonomy
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Obtortionidae has been recognized as a synonym of family Scaliolidae within clade Caenogastropoda/clade Sorbeoconcha/Superfamily Cerithioidea. Finellidae has been also a synonym of Scaliolidae.
2006 taxonomy
Bandel (2006) have classified Obtortionidae in superfamily Cerithioidea within clade Cerithimorpha in the order Palaeo-Caenogastropoda Bandel, 1993 within subclass Caenogastropoda.
Genera
Genera within the family Obtortionidae include:
References
Obtortionidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA