Murchisonellidae
Family of gastropods
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Murchisonellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.[2][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Murchisonelloidea |
| Family: | Murchisonellidae Casey, 1904[1] |
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Taxonomy
1999 taxonomy
Under the system according to Christoffer Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999),[5] there were five genera in the Ebalidae:
2005 taxonomy
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This has been changed in 2013 into two subfamilies.[6]
Genera
Genera within the family Muchisonellidae include:
- Subfamily Ebalinae Warén, 1995
- Subfamily Murchisonellinae T. L. Casey, 1904
- Henrya Bartsch, 1947[8]
- Koloonella Laseron, 1959
- Murchisonella Mörch, 1875 - type genus[2]
- Pseudoaclisina Yoo, 1994
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Bermudaclis Bartsch, 1947: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
- Laseronella Whitley, 1959: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
- Murchisoniella P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875
- Pandorella Laseron, 1951: synonym of Murchisonella Mörch, 1875