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: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Pterotracheoidea
Familia: Pterotracheidae
Genera (2): Firoloida – Pterotrachea
Name
Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814
Synonyms
Firolidae Rafinesque, 1815
References
Links
Pterotracheidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Pterotracheidae is a family of medium-sized to large floating sea snails, pelagic gastropod molluscs. They are in the superfamily Pterotracheoidea along with two other similar pelagic families, the Atlantidae and the Carinariidae.
These pelagic snails are not at all closely related to the pelagic heterobranch opistobranchs such as the sea angels and sea butterflies. They are in the clade Littorinimorpha, and as such they are related to such families as the tritons (Ranellidae) and the tun shells (Tonnidae), in the clade Caenogastropoda.
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Pterotracheidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Pterotracheidae include:
Firoloida Lesueur, 1817
Pterotrachea Forsskål, 1775
Genera brought into synonymy
Euryops Tesch, 1906: synonym of Pterotrachea Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Firola Bruguière, 1791: synonym of Pterotrachea Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Firolella Troschel, 1855: synonym of Firoloida Lesueur, 1817
Heterodens Bonnevie, 1920: synonym of Pterotrachea Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Tholapex di Geronimo, 1974: synonym of Firoloida Lesueur, 1817
References
Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4.
External links
Tree of Life: Pterotracheidae
"Pterotracheidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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