Pickworthiidae
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| Pickworthiidae | |
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| Three shells of Reynellona natalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Mareleptopoma karpatensis Moolenbeek & Faber, 1984 | |
Pickworthiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[1]
The following three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Reynellonidae Iredale, 1917
- Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Faxiidae Ravn, 1933
- Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983: raised to the rank of family Pelycidiidae by Ponder W.F. & Hall S.J. (1983)
