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Ptychatractidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pseudolivoidea

Similar
  
Clavatulidae, Pseudomelatomidae, Strepsiduridae, Borsoniidae, Amathinidae

Ptychatractidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pseudolivoidea.

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Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Ptychatractidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Ptychatractidae include:

  • Ceratoxancus Kuroda, 1952
  • Egestas Finlay, 1926
  • Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931
  • Latiromitra Locard, 1897 - In 2010 Latiromitra has been found to be closely related to Costellariidae in the molecular phylogeny analysis by Fedosov & Kantor (2010).
  • Metzgeria Norman, 1879
  • Ptychatractus Stimpson, 1865
  • Genera brought into synonymy
  • Benthovoluta Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Chathamidia Dell, 1956: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Cyomesus Quinn, 1981: synonym of Latiromitra Locard, 1897
  • Graphidula Stephenson, 1941: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Meyeria Dunker & Metzger, 1874: synonym of Metzgeria Norman, 1879
  • Mitraefusus Bellardi, 1873: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Okinawavoluta Noda, 1980: synonym of Latiromitra Locard, 1897
  • Palaeorhaphis Stewart, 1927 : synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Phenacoptygma Dall, 1918: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • Zexilia Finlay, 1926 : synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
  • References

    Ptychatractidae Wikipedia