Calliotropidae
Family of molluscs
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Calliotropidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
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| Apertural view of shell of Bathybembix bairdii (Dall, 1889) with operculum. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Calliotropidae Hickman & McLean, 1990[1] |
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Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
Calliotropidae was classified as the subfamily Calliotropinae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
2007-2009 taxonomy
Molecular phylogeny research on Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).[2]
Kano et al. (2009)[3] elevated the subfamily Calliotropinae to family level as Calliotropidae.[3]
Genera
Genera within the family Calliotropidae include:
- Bathybembix Crosse, 1893
- Calliotropis L. Seguenza, 1903
- Cidarina Dall, 1909
- Convexia Noda, 1975
- Echinogurges Quinn, 1979
- Ginebis Taki & Otuka, 1942
- Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879
- Putzeysia Sulliotti, 1889
- Spinicalliotropis Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Bembix Watson, 1879: synonym of Bathybembix Crosse, 1893
- Solaricida Dall, 1919: synonym of Calliotropis L. Seguenza, 1903
- Turcicula Dall, 1881: synonym of Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879