Siliquariidae

(Family)

Overview

Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:^[2]^[3]

Siliquariinae

Stephopomatinae

Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.

^ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

The Family Siliquariidae is a member of the Superfamily Cerithioidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Siliquariidae:

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: Discopoda P. Fischer, 1884
        Infraorder: Discopoda
        Superfamily: Cerithioidea C.A. Fleming, 1822
        Family: Siliquariidae H.E. Anton, 1838

The Family Siliquariidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (3): Petalopoma · Siliquaria · Tenagodus
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 41 species and subspecies in the Family Siliquariidae.

Siliquaria is a genus of sea snails. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Siliquariidae, common name the slit worm snails. [more]

At least 15 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tenagodus.

More info about the Genus Tenagodus may be found here.

^ Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithi?oidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
^ "Siliquariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=73164.
^ Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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