Family VITRINELLIDAE Bush, 1897
- Vitrinellidae Bush, K.J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 97-144, pls 22-23 [107].
Type genus:
Vitrinella Adams, 1850.
Introduction
Vitrinellidae is removed from the synonymy of Tornidae based on the molecular phylogeny of Takano & Kano (2014), who found Tornidae polyphyletic, and Vitrinella sister to Iravadia (Bouchet et al. 2017)
General References
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.P., Hausdorf, B., Kaim, A., Kano, Y., Nützel, A., Parkhaev, P., Schrödl, M. & Strong, E.E. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1–526 [378]
Takano, T. & Kano, Y. 2014. Molecular phylogenetic investigations of the relationships of the echinoderm-parasite family Eulimidae within Hypsogastropoda (Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 258–269
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 22-Mar-2019 | ADDED |