Strepsiduridae
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Strepsiduridae is a taxonomic family
of predatory sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea
, but its position is doubtful.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of predatory sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea
Muricoidea
Muricoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.This superfamily includes the murex snails, the chank snails, the true whelks, the dove snails, the crown conchs and busycon whelks, the spindle and tulip snails, the volutes and...
, but its position is doubtful.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by 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...
the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.
Genera
- Strepsidura Swainson, 1840
- the type species of the genus Strepsidura is fossil.
- † Strepsidura ficus (Gabb)
- † Strepsidura harrisi Givens & Garvie, 1994
- Melapium H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Melapium elatum (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
- Melapium lineatum (Lamarck, 1822)