Nystiellidae

Nystiellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Epitonioidea which includes the wentletraps, the purple snails and their allies.[1] [2]

Nystiellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Nystiellidae

Clench & Turner, 1952
Genera

See text

This family was previously considered as a subfamily of Epitoniidae. It was raised to family status by Nützel in 1998 [3]

Genera

Genera within the family Nystiellidae include:

  • Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
  • Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Murdochella Jeffreys, 1883
  • Narrimania Taviani, 1984
  • Opaliopsis Thiele, 1928
  • Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Abyssiscala de Boury, 1911: synonym of Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
  • Iphitella Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Pustuliscala de Boury, 1921 : synonym of Papuliscala de Boury, 1911
  • Sculptifer Beu & Climo, 1974 : synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Solutiscala de Boury, 1909 : synonym of Eccliseogyra Dall, 1892
  • Stylotrochus Seguenza, 1876: synonym of Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Nystiellidae. 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=411726 on 2011-01-23
  2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. Nützel A. 1998. Ueber die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, ser. E (Palaeobiologie), 26: 1-229


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