Tofanellidae

The Tofanellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.[2]

Tofanellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Mathildoidea
Family:	Tofanellidae Bandel, 1995[1]
Synonyms
Graphididae J.C. N. Barros, Mello, F. N. Barros, Lima, Santos, Cabral & Padovan, 2003 Tofanellinae Bandel, 1995 Usedomellinae Gründel, 1998

Subfamilies

The family Tofanellidae used to consist of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• Tofanellinae Bandel, 1995
• Usedomellinae Gründel, 1998[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Tofanellidae include:

• Atomiscala de Boury, 1909
• Bouryiscala Cossmann, 1902
• Coenaculum Iredale, 1924
• Graphis Jeffreys, 1867
• † Tofanella Bandel, 1995 - type genus of the family Tofanellidae,[2] from the late Triassic[4]
• † Usedomella Gründel, 1998 - type genus of the subfamily Usedomellinae[2]
  • Usedomella laevigatoidea (Gründel, 1993) - from the mid Jurassic[4]
  • Usedomella lata
  • Usedomella magnoconcha
  • Usedomella schroederi Gründel, 1998 - from the Early Jurassic[4]
  • Usedomella winkleri

Genera brought into synonymy

• Cioniscus Jeffreys, 1869: synonym of Graphis Jeffreys, 1867
• Dissopalia Iredale, 1936: synonym of Bouryiscala Cossmann, 1902
• † Rotfanella Gründel, 1998: synonym of Graphis Jeffreys, 1867

Bandel (2005)[4] recognized the genus Graphis Jeffreys, 1867 as a living fossil within the subfamily Usedomellinae.[4]

References

1. Bandel K. (1995). "The Mathildoidea from the Late St. Cassian Formation". Scripta Geologica 111: 1-83, 19 Plates. Leiden. pages 21, 39.
2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
3. Gründel J. (1998). "Heterostropha (Gastropoda) aus dem Dogger Norddeutschlands und Nordpolens. II. Weitere Allogastropoda". Freiberger Forschungshefte ser. C., 474(6): 1-37, plates 1-7. abstract.
4. Bandel K. (2005). "Living fossils among tiny Allogastropoda with high and slender shell from the reef environment of the Gulf of Aqaba with remarks on fossil and recent relatives". Mitt. Geol.-Paläont. Inst. Universität Hamburg 89: 1-24. PDF