Neomphalidae

Neomphalidae

Neomphalidae
Shell of Helicrenion reticulatum (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Neomphalidae
McLean, 1981[1]
Diversity[2]
10 extant species
Synonyms

Cyathermiidae McLean, 1990

Neomphalidae is a family of sea snails or limpets, specifically deep sea hydrothermal vent limpets. This family is included in the Vetigastropoda, which is a clade according to the Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

No subfamilies are included in this family. The Neomphalidae was removed from the subclass Eogastropoda where it was the only family in the superfamily Neomphaloidea McLean, 1981 and order Neomphalida (McLean, 1981).[3]

Genera

Genera and species within the Neomphalidae include:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b McLean J. H. (8 December 1981). "The Galapagos rift limpet Neomphalus: relevance to understanding the evolution of a major paleozoic-mesozoic radiation". Malacologia 21(1-2): 291-336.
  2. ^ WoRMS. Taxon tree. accessed 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ SysTax Neomphalida McLean, 1981
  4. ^ a b http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/SuperFamily_NEOMPHALOIDEA.html cited 2 October 2008


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