Strepsiduridae
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| Five views of a fossil shell of Strepsidura turgida | |
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| Family: | Strepsiduridae |
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Melapiidae Kantor, 1991[2] | |
Strepsiduridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Muricoidea,[3] but its position is doubtful.[3]
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.
Genera
[edit]Genera within the family Strepsiduridae include:
- Strepsidura Swainson, 1840[4]
- The type species of the genus Strepsidura is fossil.[3]
- † Strepsidura ficus (Gabb)
- † Strepsidura harrisi Givens & Garvie, 1994[5]
- †Strepsidura turgida (Solander, 1766)
- Melapium H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[6]
- Melapium elatum (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
- Melapium lineatum (Lamarck, 1822)
References
[edit]- ^ Cossmann M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée 4: 130.
- ^ Kantor (1991). Ruthenica 1(1-2): 50.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 90: 308.
- ^ Givens C. R. & Garvie C. L. (1994). "Strepsidura ficus (Gabb) of Harris (1895), Eocene of Texas: A Volutid Gastropod Species Distinct from Whitneya ficus Gabb, 1864, Eocene of California". Journal of Paleontology 68(2): 274-278. JSTOR.
- ^ Adams H. & Adams H. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 136.