Pickworthiidae

Pickworthiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[1]

Pickworthiidae
Three shells of Reynellona natalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pickworthiidae

Iredale, 1917
Subfamilies and genera

See text

Subfamilies

The following three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Reynellonidae Iredale, 1917
  • Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Faxiidae Ravn, 1933
  • Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983: raised to the rank of family Pelycidiidae by Ponder W.F. & Hall S.J. (1983)

Genera

Genera in the family Pickworthiidae include:[2]

Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Reynellonidae)

  • Ampullosansonia Kase, 1999
  • Astrosansonia Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003
  • Chrystella Laseron, 1957
  • Clatrosansonia Sabelli & Taviani, 2003
  • Cubasansonia Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2005
  • Discrevinia Laseron, 1957
  • Kaseilla Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 2010
  • Mareleptopoma Moolenbeek & Faber, 1984
  • Microliotia Boettger, 1902
  • Reynellona Iredale, 1917
  • Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
  • Sansoniella Moolenbeek, 2008
  • Tinianella Kase, 1999

Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Faxiidae)

  • Sherbornia Iredale, 1917
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Latilabrum Kuroda & Habe, 1991: synonym of Microliotia Boettger, 1902
  • Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899: synonym of Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
  • Pickworthia Iredale, 1917: synonym of Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
shell of Sansonia kirkpatricki

References
  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. Pickworthiinae. WoRMS.
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