Mathildidae is a
family of minute
sea snail
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s,
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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 ...
mollusc
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s in the superfamily
Mathildoidea
Mathildoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mathildoidea Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.m ...
of the
informal group of the
Lower Heterobranchia.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Mathildidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23070 on 2012-06-29]
Genera
Genera within the family Mathildidae include:
* ''
Brookesena
''Brookesena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Mathildidae,Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Brookesena. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...
''
Finlay, 1926
* ''
Mathilda''
Semper, 1865
* ''
Tuba''
Lea, 1833
* ''
Turritellopsis''
G. O. Sars, 1878
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Eucharilda''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Mathilda''
Semper, 1865
* ''Fimbriatella''
Sacco, 1895: synonym of ''Mathilda''
Semper, 1865
* ''Gegania''
Jeffreys, 1884: synonym of ''
Tuba''
Lea, 1833
* ''Granulicharilda''
Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of ''Mathilda''
Semper, 1865
* ''Mathildona''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Mathilda''
Semper, 1865
* ''Opimilda''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''Mathilda''
Semper, 1865
References
* Rudiger Bieler, ''Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)''; 1995, Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
* Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
External links
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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