Tofanellidae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Rank Family		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Mathildoidea
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The Tofanellidae is an taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.

Subfamilies

The family Tofanellidae used to consist of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Tofanellinae Bandel, 1995

Usedomellinae Gründel, 1998

Genera within the family Tofanellidae include:

Atomiscala de Boury, 1909

Bouryiscala Cossmann, 1902

Coenaculum Iredale, 1924

Graphis Jeffreys, 1867

† Tofanella Bandel, 1995 - type genus of the family Tofanellidae, from the late Triassic

† Usedomella Gründel, 1998 - type genus of the subfamily Usedomellinae

Usedomella laevigatoidea (Gründel, 1993) - from the mid Jurassic

Usedomella lata [1]

Usedomella magnoconcha [2]

Usedomella schroederi Gründel, 1998 - from the Early Jurassic

Usedomella winkleri [3]

Genera brought into synonymy

Cioniscus Jeffreys, 1869: synonym of Graphis Jeffreys, 1867

Dissopalia Iredale, 1936: synonym of Bouryiscala Cossmann, 1902

† Rotfanella Gründel, 1998: synonym of Graphis Jeffreys, 1867

Bandel (2005) recognized the genus Graphis Jeffreys, 1867 as a living fossil within the subfamily Usedomellinae.

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