Phenacolepadidae Explained

Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Although the shell shape of genera in this family is that of a limpet, the family is in fact closely related to the Neritidae, the nerites.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Phenacolepadidae include:

• Subfamily Phenacolepadinae Pilsbry, 1895
  • Hyalopatina Dall, 1889
  • Magadis Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Plesiothyreus Cossman, 1888
  • Zacalantica Iredale, 1929
• Subfamily Shinkailepadinae Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
  • Divia Fukumori, Yahagi, Warén & Kano, 2019
  • Shinkailepas Okutani et al., 1989 - a hydrothermal vent genus
  • Thalassonerita Moroni, 1966

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Cinnalapeta Iredale, 1929: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888
• Olgasolaris L. Beck, 1992: synonym of Shinkailepas Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
• Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888
• Scutellina Gray, 1847: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
• Chen C. & Sigwart J.D., 2023. The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. Zootaxa 5270(3): 401-436

External links

• Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 636-655