Cyclostrematidae: Difference between revisions

Cyclostrematidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superorder Vetigastropoda.

(Note: Gastropod taxonomy has been in flux for more than half a century, and this is especially true currently, because of new research in molecular phylogeny. Because of all the on-going changes, different reliable sources can yield very different classifications.)

These are small shells, mostly with a low to flattened spire, varying from thin and fragile to solidly built, and from smooth to strongly axially and spirally sculptured. The operculum is circular, with a central nucleus, chitinous within but with the outer surface either calcareous, or with calcareous granules.

Worldwide.

• Brookula Iredale, 1912
• Cirsonella Angas, 1877
• Conjectura Finley, 1927
• Coronadoa Bartsch, 1946
• Crosseola Iredale, 1924
• Elachorbis Iredale, 1915
• Liotella Iredale, 1915
• Lissotesta Iredale, 1915
• Lissotestella Powell, 1946
• Lodderena Iredale, 1924
• Lodderia Tate, 1899
• Molleriopsis Bush, 1897
• Munditia Finley, 1927
• Notosetia Iredale, 1915
• Pterarene Sakurai and Habe, 1977
• Tasmocrossea Dell, 1952
• Zalipais Iredale, 1915

• "Cyclostrematidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1