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==Genera within the family Siliquariidae== |
==Genera within the family Siliquariidae== |
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* ''[[Siliquaria]]'' <small>[[Jean Guillaume Bruguière|Bruguiere]], 1789</small> |
* ''[[Siliquaria]]'' <small>[[Jean Guillaume Bruguière|Bruguiere]], 1789</small> |
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* ''[[Stephopoma]]'' <small>Mörch, 1860</small> |
* ''[[Stephopoma]]'' <small>[[Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch|Mörch]], 1860</small> |
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* ''[[Tenagodus]]'' <small>Guettard, 1770</small> |
* ''[[Tenagodus]]'' <small>Guettard, 1770</small> |
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Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
They usually live embedded in sponges.
Shell description
The shells of species in this family are elongated and tubular, and they are loosely spirally coiled. They have a narrow slit running most of the length, but without septa.
The operculum is well developed.
Taxonomy
The following subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi of 2005
- Siliquariinae Anton, 1838
- Stephopomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
Genera within the family Siliquariidae
- Siliquaria Bruguiere, 1789
- Stephopoma Mörch, 1860
- Tenagodus Guettard, 1770
References
- "Siliquariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1