Siliquariidae
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| Siliquariidae | |
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| Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Siliquariidae Anton, 1838 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| About 40 extant species | |
Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Siliquariinae Anton, 1838 - synonym: Tenagodidae Gill, 1871
- Stephopomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
