Proserpinidae

Proserpinidae
Proserpinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Proserpinidae
J. E. Gray, 1847[1]
Synonyms

Despoenidae Newton, 1891

Proserpinidae is a family of gastropods in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Proserpinidae include:

  • Proserpina G. B. Sowerby II, 1839[3] - type genus of the family Proserpinidae[2]
    • Proserpina depresa (d’Orbigny, 1842)[4]
    • Proserpina globulosa (d’Orbigny, 1842)[4]

References

  1. ^ Gray J. E. (1847). "A list of genera of Recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-182. page 182.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
  3. ^ Sowerby II. G. B. (1839). Conch. Man.: 124; (1842), ed. 2: 237.
  4. ^ a b "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
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