Overview
Pickworthiidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.1]
Taxonomy
The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Reynellonidae Iredale, 1917
- Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983
- Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Faxiidae Ravn, 1933
Genera
Genera in the family Pickworthiidae include:[2]
Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917
- Ampullosansonia Kase, 1999
- Astrosansonia Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003
- Chrystella Laseron, 1957
- Clatrosansonia Sabelli & Taviani, 2003
- Cubasansonia Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2005
- Discrevinia Laseron, 1957
- Mareleptopoma Moolenbeek & Faber, 1984
- Microliotia Boettger, 1902
- Reynellona Iredale, 1917
- Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
- Sansoniella Moolenbeek, 2008
- Tinianella Kase, 1999
- Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892 - synonym: Pickworthia T. Iredale, 1917
Subfamily Pelycidiinae W. F. Ponder & W. J. Hall, 1983[3] This taxon was described in the family level as Pelycidiidae in 1983. According to WoRMS it is still at the family level Pelycidiidae.[4]
- Pelycidion P. Fischer, in L. de Folin & P?rier, 1873
Subfamily Sherborniinae
- Sherbornia Iredale, 1917
Subfamily Pelycidiinae W. F. Ponder & W. J. Hall, 1983[3] This taxon was described in the family level as Pelycidiidae in 1983. According to WoRMS it is still at the family level Pelycidiidae.[4]
- Pelycidion P. Fischer, in L. de Folin & P?rier, 1873
Subfamily Sherborniinae
- Sherbornia Iredale, 1917
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1?2).
- ^ Pickworthiinae. WoRMS.
- ^ Ponder W. F. & Hall S. J. (1983). "Pelycidiidae, a new family of archaeogastropod molluscs". The Nautilus 97: 30-35.
- ^ Pelyciidae. WoRMS. accessed 5 August 2010.
External links
Taxonomy
The Family Pickworthiidae is a member of the Superfamily Littorinoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pickworthiidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily: Littorinoidea
[J.G. Children], 1834
- Family: Pickworthiidae T. Iredale, 1917
- Superfamily: Littorinoidea
[J.G. Children], 1834
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Pickworthiidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Pelycidiinae
- Genus (3): Mareleptopoma · Microliotia · Pelycidion
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in the Family Pickworthiidae.
Genera
Mareleptopoma
Microliotia
Pelycidion
More info about the Genus Pelycidion may be found here.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1?2).
- ^ Pickworthiinae. WoRMS.
- ^ Ponder W. F. & Hall S. J. (1983). "Pelycidiidae, a new family of archaeogastropod molluscs". The Nautilus 97: 30-35.
- ^ Pelyciidae. WoRMS. accessed 5 August 2010.
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