Neomphalida (Order)

Overview

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).^2]

Genera and species

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Genera and species within the Neomphalidae include^[3]:

Cyathermia War?n & Bouchet, 1989
- Cyathermia naticoides War?n & Bouchet, 1989
Lacunoides War?n & Bouchet, 1989
Neomphalus McLean, 1981^[1] - type genus^[3]
- Neomphalus fretterae McLean, 1981^[1] - the Galapagos rift limpet^[4]
Retiskenea War?n & Bouchet, 2001
Symmetromphalus McLean, 1990

-0">^a ^b ^c 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.

^ SysTax Neomphalida McLean, 1981

^ ^a ^b http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/SuperFamily_NEOMPHALOIDEA.html cited 2 October 2008

^ Batten, Roger Lyman: Shell structure of the Galapagos Rift limpet Neomphalus fretterae McLean 1981, with notes on muscle scars and insertions. American Museum novitates ; no. 2776 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5253 American Museum novitates; no. 2776, New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1984

Taxonomy

Families

Neomphalidae

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ SysTax Neomphalida McLean, 1981
^ ^a < a href="#cite_ref-gastropods.com_2-1">^b http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/SuperFamily_NEOMPHALOIDEA.html cited 2 October 2008
^ Batten, Roger Lyman: Shell structure of the Galapagos Rift limpet Neomphalus fretterae McLean 1981, with notes on muscle scars and insertions. American Museum novitates ; no. 2776 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5253 American Museum novitates; no. 2776, New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1984