Chilodontaidae

Family of gastropods

This article is about sea snails. For the family of fishes, see Chilodontidae (fish).

Chilodontaidae

Apertural view of a shell of Perrinia concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:  | Seguenzioidea
Family:  | Chilodontaidae
Wenz, 1938

Chilodontaidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

## Taxonomy[edit]

The family was previously in the superfamily Neritoidea in the order Neritopsina and the superorder Neritaemorphi.

### 2005 taxonomy[edit]

This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

* Chilodontainae Wenz, 1938
* Calliotropinae Hickman & McLean, 1990
* Cataeginae McLean & Quinn, 1987

### 2007 taxonomy[edit]

A molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of the Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).[1]

The family Chilodontidae Wenz, 1938 will be renamed because it is a homonym of the fish family Chilodontidae Eigenmann, 1912; (to be emended to Chilodontaidae by ICZN[2])

The subfamilies Calliotropinae Hickman & McLean, 1990 and Cataeginae McLean & Quinn, 1987 were raised to family levels as the Calliotropidae and the Cataegidae.

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## Genera[edit]

Genera within the family Chilodontaidae include (according to the World Register of Marine Species:[3]

* † Agathodonta Cosman, 1918
* Ascetostoma Herbert, 2012
* † Calliovarica H. Vokes, 1939
* Chilodonta Etallon, 1862
* Clypeostoma Herbert, 2012
* Danilia Brusina, 1865
* Dentistyla Dall, 1889
* Euchelus Philippi, 1847
* Granata Cotton, 1957
* Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1889
* Hybochelus Pilsbry, 1889
* Mirachelus Woodring, 1928
* † Odontoturbo Loriol, 1887
* † Onkospira Zittel, 1873
* Perrinia H. & A. Adams, 1854
* Pholidotrope Herbert, 2012
* Tallorbis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
* Vaceuchelus Iredale, 1929

### Genera brought into synonymy[edit]

* Craspedotus Philippi, 1847: synonym of Danilia Brusina, 1865
* Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861: synonym of Danilia Brusina, 1865
* Huttonia Kirk, 1882: synonym of Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890
* Nevillia H. Adams, 1868: synonym of Alcyna A. Adams, 1860
* Olivia Cantraine, 1835: synonym of Danilia Brusina, 1865

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kano Y. (2007). "Vetigastropod phylogeny and a new concept of Seguenzioidea: independent evolution of copulatory organs in the deep-sea habitats". Zoologica Scripta 37(1): 1–21. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00316.x
2. ^ ICZN Case 3555
3. ^ Chilodontaidae Wenz, 1938. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2018.

* Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228

## External links[edit]

* Photos of shells in Chilodontaidae
* WoRMS

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q55344471
* Wikispecies: Chilodontaidae
* AFD: Chilodontidae
* BOLD: 948575
* CoL: 7NHX8
* GBIF: 9760249
* IRMNG: 11909297
* WoRMS: 1058794

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