Chilodontidae (gastropods)
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| Apertural view of a shell of Perrinia concinna | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
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Chilodontidae Wenz, 1938 |
Chilodontidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family was previously in the superfamily Neritoidea in the order Neritopsina and the superorder Neritaemorphi.
This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
A molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of the Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).
The subfamilies Calliotropinae Hickman & McLean, 1990 and Cataeginae McLean & Quinn, 1987 were raised to family levels as the Calliotropidae and the Cataegidae.
Genera within the family Chilodontidae include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) and Herbert (2012):
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