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Mathildidae

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Mathildidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Mathildoidea
Family: Mathildidae
Dall, 1889
Synonyms[1]
  • Tubidae Finlay & Marwick, 1937
  • Turritellopsinae Marwick, 1957

Mathildidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Mathildoidea of the informal group of the Lower Heterobranchia.[1]

Genera

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Genera within the family Mathildidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Eucharilda Iredale, 1929: synonym of Mathilda Semper, 1865
  • Fimbriatella Sacco, 1895: synonym of Mathilda Semper, 1865
  • Gegania Jeffreys, 1884: synonym of Tuba Lea, 1833
  • Granulicharilda Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of Mathilda Semper, 1865
  • Mathildona Iredale, 1929: synonym of Mathilda Semper, 1865
  • Opimilda Iredale, 1929: synonym of Mathilda Semper, 1865

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Mathildidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23070 on 2012-06-29
  • Rudiger Bieler, Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia); 1995, Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
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  • "Mathildidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1