Siliquariidae

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title: "Siliquariidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["siliquariidae", "gastropod-families"] description: "Family of gastropods" topic_path: "general/siliquariidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siliquariidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = Tenagodus_anguinus_01.JPG | image_caption = Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus | taxon = Siliquariidae | authority = Anton, 1838 | diversity_link = | diversity_ref = | diversity = 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.

Taxonomy

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

Genera

Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:

Siliquariinae

• Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
• Tenagodus Guettard, 1770

Stephopomatinae

• Hummelinckiella Faber & Moolenbeek, 1999
• Stephopoma Mörch, 1860

subfamily ?

• Caporbis Bartsch, 1915
• Petalopoma Schiaparelli, 2002

References

References

1. Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''162'''(1): 43-89. {{doi. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
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3. [[Arthur William Baden Powell. Powell A W B]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins. William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN. 0-00-216906-1
4. Bouchet, P. (2012). Stephopomatinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411658 on 2012-09-11

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