Zerotulidae
Family of gastropods
| Zerotulidae | |
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| Shell of Pseudonatica ampullarica (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Littorinoidea |
| Family: | Zerotulidae Warén & Hain, 1996 |
The Zerotulidae comprise a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Littorinoidea.[1]
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Zerotulidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Zerotulidae include:
- Dickdellia Warén & Hain, 1996
- Frovina Thiele, 1912
- Pseudonatica Simone, 2018
- Trilirata Warén & Hain, 1996
- Zerotula H. J. Finlay, 1926
Genera brought into synonymy:
- Frigidilacuna Tomlin, 1930: synonym of Frovina Thiele, 1912
- Prolacuna Thiele, 1913: synonym of Frovina Thiele, 1912
- Sublacuna Thiele, 1912: synonym of Frovina Thiele, 1912
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- 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.
Further reading
- Warén A. & Hain S. (1996) Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic littorinid gastropod. The Veliger 39(4):277-334
External links
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- The Taxonomicon
- Simone, L. R. L. (2018). Convergence with naticids: phenotypic phylogenetic study on some Antarctic littorinoideans, with description of the zerotulid new genus Pseudonatica, and its presence in Brazil (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98(6): 1365-1381
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