Bathysciadiidae is a
family
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of
sea snail
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s, deep-sea
limpet
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the clade
Cocculiniformia
The Cocculinoidea is a superfamily of deepwater limpets (marine gastropods), the only superfamily in the order Cocculinida , one of the main orders of gastropods according to the taxonomy as set up by ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The clade Coccil ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bathysciadiidae Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22992 on 2020-08-25]
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Bathysciadiidae include:
* ''
Bathyaltum''
Haszprunar, 2011
* ''
Bathypelta''
Moskalev, 1971
* ''
Bathysciadium''
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1900 - type genus of the family Bathysciadiidae
* ''
Bonus
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''
Moskalev, 1973
** ''
Bonus petrochenckoi''
Moskalev, 1973
* ''
Pilus
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''
Warén, 1991
* ''
Xenodonta''
Warén, 1993[WoRMS (2010). ''Xenodonta'' Warén, 1993. 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=137693 on 2011-06-07]
References
* Hartmann H., Hess M. & Haszprunar G. (2011) Interactive 3D anatomy and affinities of Bathysciadiidae (Gastropoda, Cocculinoidea): Deep-sea limpets feeding on decaying cephalopod beaks. Journal of Morphology 272: 259-279
External links
Gastropod families
{{Cocculiniformia-stub