Phenacolepadidae
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Phenacolepadidae
Pilsbry, 1895
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Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Although the shell shape of genera in this family is that of a limpet, the family is in fact closely related to the Neritidae, the nerites.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Phenacolepadidae include:
- Genus Cinnalapeta
- Genus Olgasolaris L. Beck, 1992
- Genus Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891 - the type genus
- Genus Plesiothyreus Cossman, 1888
- Genus Scutellina Gray, 1847
- Genus Shinkailepas Okutani et al., 1989 - a hydrothermal vent genus
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