Struthiolariidae
Family of gastropods
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Struthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.[1] [2]
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| Struthiolariidae | |
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| Struthiolaria papulosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Struthiolariidae Gabb, 1868 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Struthiolariinae Gabb, 1868 (original rank) | |
General characteristics
(Original description) The animal has an outer mantle-margin that is simple. The shell is oblong-oval or turrited, with entire lips.[3]
Genera
Genera within the family Struthiolariidae include:
- Conchothyra Hutton, 1877
- † Monalaria Marwick, 1924
- Pelicaria Gray, 1857
- Perissodonta Martens, 1878
- Struthiolaria Lamarck, 1816
- Tylospira Harris, 1897
- Synonyms
- † Antarctodarwinella Zinsmeister, 1976 : synonym of Perissodonta E. von Martens, 1878
- † Singletonaria Marwick, 1952: synonym of Tylospira G. F. Harris, 1897 (junior subjective synonym)
- † Struthiolarella Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908: synonym of Perissodonta E. von Martens, 1878
