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Family of gastropods

Seraphsidae
Terebellum terebellum, a member of the family Seraphsidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Seraphsidae
J.E. Gray, 1853
Synonyms
  • Terebellidae (Homonym of Terebellidae Grube, 1850 based on Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 )
  • Seraphidae (Orthographic variant, misspelling, per IRMNG, based on Seraphs Montfort, 1810; from Seraphina Gray, 1853 )

Seraphsidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.

Genera

There is one extant genus within the family Seraphsidae:

All other Seraphsidae genera are known only from the fossil record:

  • Diameza Deshayes, 1865
  • Mauryna de Gregorio, 1880
  • Miniseraphs Jung,1974
  • Paraseraphs Jung, 1974
  • Pseudoterebellum Maxwell, Rymer & Congdon, 2021
  • Seraphs Montfort, 1810

Synonyms for Terebellum

  • Artopoia Gistel, 1848: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Terebellum)
  • Lucis Gistel, 1848: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798
  • Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798

References

  1. "Seraphsidae Gray, 1853". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. "Taxon Details: Seraphsidae Gray, 1853". IRMNG – Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Seraphsidae


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