Pickworthiidae is a family

Family (biology)

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Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

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Marine (ocean)

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 gastropod molluscs in the clade

Clade

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 Littorinimorpha

Littorinimorpha

Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....

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Taxonomy

The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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• Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale
  Tom Iredale
  Tom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
  
  , 1917 - synonym: Reynellonidae Iredale, 1917
• Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder
  Winston Ponder
  Winston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
  
   & Hall, 1983
• Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Faxiidae Ravn, 1933

Genera

Genera in the family Pickworthiidae include:

Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917

• Ampullosansonia Kase, 1999
• Astrosansonia Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003
• Chrystella Laseron, 1957
• Clatrosansonia Sabelli & Taviani, 2003
• Cubasansonia Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2005
• Discrevinia Laseron, 1957
• Mareleptopoma Moolenbeek & Faber, 1984
• Microliotia Boettger, 1902
• Reynellona Iredale, 1917
• Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
• Sansoniella Moolenbeek, 2008
• Tinianella Kase, 1999
• Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892 - synonym: Pickworthia T. Iredale, 1917

Subfamily Pelycidiinae W. F. Ponder & W. J. Hall, 1983 This taxon was described in the family level as Pelycidiidae in 1983. According to WoRMS it is still at the family level Pelycidiidae.

• Pelycidion P. Fischer, in L. de Folin & Périer, 1873

Subfamily Sherborniinae

• Sherbornia Iredale, 1917

External links

• Photos of shells