Peltospiridae

Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade Neomphalina [2]

Peltospiridae
Chrysomallon squamiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neomphalida
Superfamily: Neomphaloidea
Family: Peltospiridae
McLean, 1989
Diversity[1]
21 extant species

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Peltospiridae:

Cladogram

A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Peltospiridae.[3] Lacunoides and Cyathermia are sometimes classified within Neomphalidae, but according to the COI genne analysis, they cluster within Peltospiridae.[4]

Peltospiridae

Gigantopelta chessoia

Gigantopelta aegis

Peltospira operculata

Peltospira smaragdina

Peltospira delicata

Nodopelta subnoda

Rhynchopelta concentrica

Chrysomallon squamiferum

Cyathermia naticoides

Lacunoides sp. Kermadec

Depressigyra globulus

Pachydermia laevis

References

  1. WoRMS. Taxon tree. accessed 28 November 2017.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Peltospiridae. 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=180915 on 2012-03-20
  3. Chen C., Linse K., Roterman C. N., Copley J. T. & Rogers A. D. (2015). "A new genus of large hydrothermal vent‐endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2), 319-335. doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
  4. Chen C.; Linse K.; Copley J. T.; Rogers A.D. (2015). "The 'scaly-foot gastropod': a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 322–334. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv013.


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