Neomphalidae

Neomphalidae
Neomphalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Neomphalidae
McLean, 1981[1]
Genera and species

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Synonyms

Cyathermiidae McLean, 1990

Neomphalidae is a family of specifically deepsea hydrothermal vent limpets included in the Vetigastropoda which is left as a clade in Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. No subfamilies are ascribed.

The Neomphalidae was removed from the subclass Eogastropoda where it was the only family in superfamily Neomphaloidea McLean, 1981 and order Neomphalida (McLean, 1981).[2]

Genera and species

Genera and species within the Neomphalidae include[3]:

References

  1. ^ a b c McLean J. H. (8 December 1981). "The Galapagos rift limpet Neomphalus: relevance to understanding the evolution of a major paleozoic-mesozoic radiation". Malacologia 21(1-2): 291-336.
  2. ^ SysTax Neomphalida McLean, 1981
  3. ^ a b http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/SuperFamily_NEOMPHALOIDEA.html cited 2 October 2008
  4. ^ Batten, Roger Lyman: Shell structure of the Galapagos Rift limpet Neomphalus fretterae McLean 1981, with notes on muscle scars and insertions. American Museum novitates ; no. 2776 http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5253 American Museum novitates; no. 2776, New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1984


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