Sutilizonidae Explained

Sutilizonidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, deepwater hydrothermal vent snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies.

Temnocinclinae McLean, 1989 was considered to be a synonym of Sutilizonidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), but was updated to family level as Temnocinclidae by Geiger in 2009.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Sutilizonidae include:

Notes and References

  1. Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.