Biology:Seraphsidae

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Short description: Family of gastropods

Seraphsidae
Terebellum terebellum var. punctulatum 01.jpg
Terebellum terebellum, a member of the family Seraphsidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Seraphsidae
J.E. Gray, 1853
Synonyms
  • Terebellidae (Homonym of Terebellidae Grube, 1850 based on Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 [Annelida])
  • Seraphidae (Orthographic variant, misspelling, per IRMNG, based on Seraphs [in French: Seraphe] Montfort, 1810; from Seraphina Gray, 1853 [Strombidae])[1]

Seraphsidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.[2][3]

Genera

There is one extant genus within the family Seraphsidae:

  • Terebellum Röding, 1798

All other Seraphsidae genera are known only from the fossil record:[4]

  • 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

References

  1. "Seraphsidae Gray, 1853". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411720#sources. 
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2). 
  3. "Taxon Details: Seraphsidae Gray, 1853". https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119867. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q7452723 entry