Pisaniidae

Family of gastropods

Pisaniidae
Aplus assimilis shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Pisaniidae
Gray, 1857
Synonyms
  • Pisaniinae Gray, 1857
  • Pusiostomatidae Iredale, 1940

The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]

Genera

  • Ameranna Landau & Vermeij, 2012
  • Anna Risso, 1826
  • Aplus De Gregorio, 1885
  • Bailya M. Smith, 1944
  • Cancellopollia Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998
  • Cantharus Röding, 1798
  • Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972
  • Dianthiphos Watters, 2009
  • Editharus Vermeij 2001
  • Engina Gray, 1839
  • Enginella Monterosato, 1917
  • Gemophos Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944
  • Micrologus Fraussen & Rosado, 2011
  • Monostiolum Dall, 1904
  • Pisania Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
  • Pollia Gray, 1834
  • Pusio Gray, 1833
  • Solenosteira Dall, 1890
  • Steye Faber, 2004

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054108 on 2018-01-09
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  • Watters, G. T. (2009). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genera Anna, Antillophos, Bailya, Caducifer, Monostiolum, and Parviphos, with description of a new genus, Dianthiphos, and notes on Engina and Hesperisternia (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) and Cumia (Colubrariidae). The Nautilus. 123(4): 225-275
Taxon identifiers
Pisaniidae


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