Abyssochrysoidea
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| Two preserved specimens of Alviniconcha hessleri, family Provannidae | |
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| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda (unassigned)
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| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927
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Abyssochrysoidea is a superfamily of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.
These marine snails are part of the fauna of the hydrothermal vents and other deep-water habitats.
Families
Families within the superfamily Abyssochryoidea include:
- Abyssochrysidae Tomlin, 1927
- Provannidae Warén & Ponder, 1991
- Hokkaidoconchidae (extinct)
- unassigned : one genus Rubyspira Johnson, Warén, Lee, Kano, Kaim, Davis, Strong & Vrijenhoek, 2010
These two families Provaniidae and Abyssochrysidae were previously placed in the "Zygopleuroid group" (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subsequently Provannidae was placed in the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea by Kaim et al. (2008)[1] and then Abyssochrysidae was also moved to Abyssochrysoidea.[2]
References
- ^ Kaim A., Jenkins R. G. & Warén A. (2008). "Provannid and provannid−like gastropods from Late Cretaceous cold seeps of Hokkaido (Japan) and the fossil record of the Provannidae (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(3): 421-436. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00431.x.
- ^ WoRMS (2009). Abyssochrysidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345309 on 2010-05-04