Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Lepetellida
Superfamilia: Lepetodriloidea
Familia: Sutilizonidae
Genera (3): Sutilizona – Temnocinclis – Temnozaga
Name
Sutilizonidae McLean, 1989
Synonyms
Temnocinclinae McLean, 1989
References
Kiel, S.; Campbell, K.A.; Gaillard, C. 2010: New and little known mollusks from ancient chemosynthetic environments. Zootaxa, 2390: 26–48. Preview
Links
Sutilizonidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Sutilizonidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, deepwater hydrothermal vent snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
This family has no subfamilies.
Temnocinclinae McLean, 1989 was considered to be a synonym of Sutilizonidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), but was updated to family level as Temnocinclidae by Geiger in 2009.[1]
Genera
Genera within the family Sutilizonidae include:
Sutilizona McLean, 1989
Temnocinclis McLean, 1989
Temnozaga McLean, 1989
References
Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.
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