Peltospiridae | |
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Chrysomallon squamiferum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
Order: | Neomphalida |
Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
Family: | Peltospiridae McLean, 1989 |
Diversity[1] | |
21 extant species |
Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade Neomphalina[2]
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera within the family Peltospiridae:
A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Peltospiridae.[3] Lacunoides and Cyathermia are sometimes classified within Neomphalidae, but according to the COI genne analysis, they cluster within Peltospiridae.[4]
Peltospiridae |
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