| Cataegidae | |
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| fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Cataegidae McLean & Quinn, 1987 |
Cataegidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
2009 taxonomy
Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level.
Genera
Genera within the family Cataegidae include:
- Cataegis McLean & Quinn, 1987
- Kanoia Warén & Rouse, 2016
- Nemocataegis Hickman, 2017
References
- Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Cataegidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382167 on 2013-03-17
- ^ Kano Y., Chikyu E. & Warén A. (2009) "Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 75: 397-418. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp037
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cataegidae | |