Cataegidae is a

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of small

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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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 Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the

superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...

Seguenzioidea Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2010). Seguenzioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Cataegidae''. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382167 on 2013-03-17Kano Y., Chikyu E. & Warén A. (2009) "Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus ''

Adeuomphalus ''Adeuomphalus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs unassigned to family within the superfamily (biology), superfamily Seguenzioidea. Species Species within the genus ''Adeuomphalus'' include: * ''Adeuomphalus ammoniformis'' (Se ...

'' (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 75: 397-418.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

2009 taxonomy

Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level.

Genera

Genera within the family Cataegidae include: * '' Cataegis'' McLean & Quinn, 1987 * '' Kanoia'' Warén & Rouse, 2016 * '' Nemocataegis'' Hickman, 2017

References

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

To Encyclopedia of Life
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