Newtoniellidae is a family of minute
sea snail
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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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micromollusk
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Triphoroidea
Triphoroidea is a superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.
Taxonomy
Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:
* † '' Berendinellidae'' Guzhov, 20 ...
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Newtoniellidae
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It contains the following subfamilies :
* † ''
Gothicispira'' Maxwell, 1988
* † ''
Miopila'' Finlay, 1926
* ''
Retilaskeya
''Retilaskeya'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Retilaskeya B. A. Marshall, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...
'' B. A. Marshall, 1978
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Adelacerithiinae
** ''
Adelacerithium'' Ludbrook, 1941
*
Ataxocerithiinae
** ''
Ataxocerithium'' Tate, 1894
*
Eumetulinae
** ''
Cerithiopsida'' Bartsch, 1911
** ''
Embrionalia'' Golikov, 1988
** ''
Eumetula'' Thiele, 1912
** ''
Furukawaia'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
** ''
Marshallaskeya'' Gründel, 1980
*
Laeocochlidinae
** ''
Laeocochlis'' Dunker & Metzger, 1875
** ''
Sasamocochlis'' Gründel, 1980
*
Newtoniellinae
** ''
Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
**''
Granulotriforis'' Kosuge, 1967
** ''
Paramendax'' A. W. B. Powell, 1937: synonym of ''
Trituba'' Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Trituba'' Jousseaume, 1884
;Genera brought into synonymy :
* ''Altispecula'' Powell, 1930: synonym of ''Eumetula (Altispecula)'' Powell, 1930 represented as ''
Eumetula'' Thiele, 1912
* ''Binda'' Laseron, 1951: synonym of ''
Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Cerithiolinum'' Locard, 1903: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Chasteria'' Iredale, 1915: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Eumeta'' Mörch, 1868: synonym of ''
Eumetula'' Thiele, 1912
* ''Euseila'' Cotton, 1951: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Furukuwaia'': synonym of ''
Furukawaia'' Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
* ''Geminataxum'' Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''
Ataxocerithium'' Tate, 1894
* ''Laiocochlis'' Dunker & Metzger, 1874: synonym of ''
Laeocochlis'' Dunker & Metzger, 1874
* ''Laskeya'' Iredale, 1918: synonym of ''
Eumetula'' Thiele, 1912
* ''Lovenella'' G. O. Sars, 1878: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Newtonia'' Cossman, 1892: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Newtoniella'' Cossman, 1893: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Stilus'' Jeffreys, 1885: synonym of ''Cerithiella'' Verrill, 1882
* ''Tauroforis'' Sacco, 1895: synonym of ''
Trituba'' Jousseaume, 1884
References
Ptenoglossa
Gastropod families
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