Cataegidae | |
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fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: |
Cataegidae McLean & Quinn, 1987 |
Cataegidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. [1] [2]
Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level. [2]
Genera within the family Cataegidae include: