Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Scientific name Siliquariidae Rank Family | |
Similar Tenagodus, Planaxidae, Capulidae, Janthinidae, Hipponicidae | ||
Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
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Taxonomy
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
Genera
Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:
Siliquariinae
Stephopomatinae
References
Siliquariidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA