Amathinidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

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Amathinidae, is a taxonomic family mostly consisting of small and minute sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Iselica_ovoidea_001.jpg" caption="Two shells of ''Iselica ovoidea''"] ::

Together with Pyramidellidae, Ebalidae, Turbonillidae, Odostomidae and other genera they form the superfamily Pyramidelloidea.

Little is known on the biology of the group, but some data on the anatomy and systematic position is given by Ponder (1987){{cite journal | author = Ponder, W. F. | year = 1987 | date= | title = The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | journal = Asian Marine Biology | volume = 4 | issue = | pages = 1–34 | issn = | doi = | author = Huber, G. | year = 1993 | date= | title = On the cerebral nervous system of marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda) | journal = Journal of Molluscan Studies | volume =59 | issue = 4 | pages = 381–420 | doi =10.1093/mollus/59.4.381

1999 taxonomy

Genera within the family Amathinidae according to the taxonomy of Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999){{cite journal | author = Schander, C. |author2=van Aartsen, J. J. |author3=Corgan, J. C. | year = 1999 | date= | title = Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | journal = Bollettino Malacologico | volume =34 | issue = 9–12 | pages = 145–166 | issn = | doi =

2005 taxonomy

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

This family presently comprises less than 100 recent and fossil species divided into seven genera: Amathina, Amathinoides, Carinorbis, Cyclothyca, Iselica, Leucotina and Phasianema.

Two additional genera, Faluniella and Plicifer may also be a part of Amathinidae:

Genera within the family Amathinidae include:

  • Amathina Gray, 1842
  • Cyclothyca Stearns, 1891
  • Iselica Dall, 1918
  • Leucotina A. Adams, 1860
  • Monotygma G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
  • Plicifer H. Adams, 1868
  • † Raulinia Mayer, 1864 ;Genera brought into synonymy:
  • Adelactaeon Cossmann, 1895: synonym of Leucotina A. Adams, 1860
  • Amathinoides Sacco, 1896 † accepted as Clathrella Récluz, 1864 accepted as Carinorbis Conrad, 1862
  • Clathrella Récluz, 1864 accepted as Carinorbis Conrad, 1862
  • Isapis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Iselica Dall, 1918 (Invalid: junior homonym of Isapis Doubleday, 1847 [Lepidoptera]; Iselica is a replacement name)
  • Myonia A. Adams, 1860: synonym of Leucotina A. Adams, 1860

Anatomy

The shells are usually flat without coiling. They usually have strong axial ribs. Ponder described giant neurons in the cerebral ganglion.

References

  • Ponder, W. F. (1987). The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet, Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology. 4: 1–34

References

  1. {{Bouchet 2005
  2. WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina'' Gray, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181104 on 2011-01-11
  3. WoRMS (2010). ''Cyclothyca'' Stearns, 1891. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531810 on 2011-01-11
  4. WoRMS (2010). ''Iselica''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415513 on 2011-01-11
  5. Gofas, S. (2010). ''Leucotina'' A. Adams, 1860. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181116 on 2011-01-11

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