Cataegidae
Family of gastropods
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Cataegidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1][2]
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| fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Cataegidae McLean & Quinn, 1987 |
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
2009 taxonomy
Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level.[2]