Kingdom Animalia Clade Neomphalina Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Superfamily Neomphaloidea Rank Family | |
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Similar Scaly‑foot gastropod, Gigantopelta aegis, Provannidae, Lepetodrilus, Cocculinoidea | ||
Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade Neomphalina
Contents
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Peltospiridae:
Cladogram
A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Peltospiridae. Lacunoides and Cyathermia are sometimes classified within Neomphalidae, but according to the COI genne analysis, they cluster within Peltospiridae.
References
Peltospiridae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA