Ptychatractidae

Family of gastropods

Ptychatractidae

Exilia vagrans
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Turbinelloidea
Family:  | Ptychatractidae
Stimpson, 1865

Ptychatractidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.[1] [2]

## Taxonomy[edit]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Ptychatractidae has no subfamilies.

## Genera[edit]

Genera in the family Ptychatractidae include:

* Egestas Finlay, 1926[3]
* Exilia Conrad, 1860[4]
* Exilioidea Grant & Gale, 1931[5]
* Metzgeria Norman, 1879[6]
* Ptychatractus Stimpson, 1865[7]
* Latiromitra Locard, 1897[8] \- In 2010 Latiromitra has been found to be closely related to Costellariidae in the molecular phylogeny analysis by Fedosov & Kantor (2010).[9]

Genera brought into synonymy

* Benthovoluta Kuroda & Habe, 1950: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* Chathamidia Dell, 1956: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* Cyomesus Quinn, 1981: synonym of Latiromitra Locard, 1897
* † Graphidula Stephenson, 1941: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* Meyeria Dunker & Metzger, 1874: synonym of Metzgeria Norman, 1879
* Mitraefusus Bellardi, 1873: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* Okinawavoluta Noda, 1980: synonym of Latiromitra Locard, 1897
* † Palaeorhaphis Stewart, 1927 : synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* Phenacoptygma Dall, 1918: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
* † Zexilia Finlay, 1926 : synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Kantor, Y. (2014). Ptychatractidae Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411810 on 2014-12-12
2. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
3. ^ WoRMS (2010). Egestas Finlay, 1926. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450522 on 2010-12-25
4. ^ Kantor, Y. (2010). Exilia Conrad, 1860. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456412 on 2010-12-25
5. ^ Kantor, Y. (2010). Exilioidea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415384 on 2010-12-25
6. ^ Kantor, Y.; Gofas, S. (2010). Metzgeria Norman, 1879. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138602 on 2010-12-25
7. ^ Kantor, Y. (2010). Ptychatractus Stimpson, 1865. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160034 on 2010-12-25
8. ^ Kantor, Y.; Gofas, S. (2010). Latiromitra Locard, 1897. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138601 on 2010-12-25
9. ^ Fedosov A. E. & Kantor Yu. I. (2010). " . [Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny]". Ruthenica 20(2): 117-139. PDF

## External links[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Ptychatractidae.

* Stimpson W. 1865. On certain genera and families of zoophagous gasteropods. American Journal of Conchology, 1: 55-64, pl. 8-9

Taxon identifiers

Ptychatractidae|

* Wikidata: Q7257131
* Wikispecies: Ptychatractidae
* ADW: Ptychatractidae
* BOLD: 343810
* CoL: 7NKS9
* EoL: 4934687
* GBIF: 4960558
* iNaturalist: 551433
* IRMNG: 119859
* NBN: NHMSYS0021055872
* NCBI: 1719434
* Open Tree of Life: 5693114
* Paleobiology Database: 92134
* WoRMS: 411810

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