Nystiellidae
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Family: | Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952
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Nystiellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Epitonioidea which includes the wentletraps, the purple snails and their allies. [1] [2]
This family was previously considered as a subfamily of Epitoniidae. It was raised to family status by Nützel in 1998 [3]
Genera
Genera within the family Nystiellidae include: [1]
- Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
- Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
- Murdochella Jeffreys, 1883
- Narrimania Taviani, 1984
- Opaliopsis Thiele, 1928
- Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Abyssiscala de Boury, 1911: synonym of Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
- Iphitella Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
- Pustuliscala de Boury, 1921 : synonym of Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
- Sculptifer Beu & Climo, 1974 : synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
- Solutiscala de Boury, 1909 : synonym of Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
- Stylotrochus Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Nystiellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411726 on 2011-01-23
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nützel A. 1998. Ueber die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, ser. E (Palaeobiologie), 26: 1-229
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