Ptenoglossa

The Ptenoglossa is an informal taxonomic group of sea snails.[2] This group was considered paraphyletic or polyphyletic by Ponder and Lindberg (1997) in their classification of gastropod molluscs.[3]

Ptenoglossa
A freshly stranded individual of Janthina janthina in the Janthinidae, Epitonioidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Gray, 1853
Superfamilies[1]

The database WoRMS considers this suborder as belonging to the order (unassigned Caenogastropoda) (temporary name) [4]

Taxonomy

References

  1. "Ptenoglossa". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. W.F. Ponder & D.R. Lindberg (1997). "Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs; an analysis using morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 119 (2): 83–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00137.x.
  4. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ptenoglossa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411725 on 2020-08-02
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