Seraphsidae Explained

Seraphsidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.^{[1] [2]}

Genera

There is one extant genus within the family Seraphsidae:

• Terebellum Röding, 1798

All other Seraphsidae genera are known only from the fossil record:^[3]

• †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

Further reading

• 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.
• Gray, J. E. (1853). "On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (11): 124–132
  • Gray . J. E. . On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . January 1853 . 21 . 1 . 32–44 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1853.tb07174.x.
• Jung P. (1974). "A revision of the family Seraphsidae (Gastropoda: Strombacea)". Paleontographica Americana. 8 (47): 72 pp., 16 pls.
• Maxwell . Stephen J. . Liverani . Virgilio . Rymer . Tasmin L. . Congdon . Bradley C. . A revision of Terebellum delicatum Kuroda and Kawamoto in Kawamoto and Tanabe; 1956 (Gastropoda Seraphsidae) . The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland . 2018 . 123 . 61–67 . 10.5962/p.357828 . free .
• Maxwell . Stephen J. . Rymer . Tasmin L. . Congdon . Bradley C. . 401–453 . Resolving phylogenetic and classical nomenclature: A revision of Seraphsidae Jung, 1974 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae) . Zootaxa . 22 June 2021 . 4990 . 3 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.1. 34186750 . 235686526 .

Notes and References

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