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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: Trochida
Superfamilia: Trochoidea

Familia: Areneidae
Genera (2): Arene – Cinysca
Name

Areneidae McLean, 2012
References
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Areneidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Areneidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.[1]

Areneidae was previously not officially described as a taxon name.[2] Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea according to Williams et al. (2008).[3] In 2012 it was moved to the superfamily Trochoidea
Genera

There are two genera within the family Areneidae:[1]

Arene Adams, 1845
Cinysca Killburn, 1970

References

MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Areneidae McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413480 on 2020-05-25
WoRMS (2010). Arene Adams, 1845. 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=413481 on 2010-04-17
Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x

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