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Phenacolepadidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Phenacolepadidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Neritoidea

Rank
  
Family

Phenacolepadidae

Similar
  
Cocculinidae, Hipponicidae, Amathinidae, Scissurellidae, Seguenziidae

Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Although the shell shape of genera in this family is that of a limpet, the family is in fact closely related to the Neritidae, the nerites.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Phenacolepadidae include:

  • Genus Cinnalapeta
  • Cinnalapeta linguaviverrae
  • Cinnalapeta pulchella [1]
  • Cinnalapeta senta
  • Genus Olgasolaris L. Beck, 1992
  • Genus Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891 - the type genus
  • Genus Plesiothyreus Cossman, 1888
  • Genus Scutellina Gray, 1847
  • Genus Shinkailepas Okutani et al., 1989 - a hydrothermal vent genus

    • References

    Phenacolepadidae Wikipedia
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