Strepsiduridae

Strepsiduridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea,[3] but its position is doubtful.[3]

Strepsiduridae
Five views of a fossil shell of Strepsidura turgida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Strepsiduridae

Synonyms

Melapiidae Kantor, 1991[2]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Strepsiduridae include:

  • Strepsidura Swainson, 1840[4]
    • The type species of the genus Strepsidura is fossil.[3]
    • † Strepsidura ficus (Gabb)
    • † Strepsidura harrisi Givens & Garvie, 1994[5]
    • †Strepsidura turgida (Solander, 1766)
  • Melapium H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[6]
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References
  1. Cossmann M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée 4: 130.
  2. Kantor (1991). Ruthenica 1(1-2): 50.
  3. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  4. Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 90: 308.
  5. Givens C. R. & Garvie C. L. (1994). "Strepsidura ficus (Gabb) of Harris (1895), Eocene of Texas: A Volutid Gastropod Species Distinct from Whitneya ficus Gabb, 1864, Eocene of California". Journal of Paleontology 68(2): 274-278. JSTOR.
  6. Adams H. & Adams H. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 136.
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