Peraclidae

Peraclidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata
Superfamily: Cymbulioidea
Family: Peraclidae
Tesch, 1913[1]
Synonyms[2]

Procymbuliidae, 1913

Peraclidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.[2]

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was originally called Procymbuliidae Tesch, 1913 and then called Peraclididae by Wenz in 1938.[2] The name Peraclidae takes precedence.

Peracle is the type genus of the family Peraclidae.

Description

The left-coiled shell resembles the shell of most snails. The columella is somewhat elongated into a curved rostrum. There is an operculum and a gill.

Species

Species within the genus Peracle Forbes, 1844 include:

References

  1. Tesch (1913). Das Tierreich 36: 71.
  2. 1 2 3 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. Janssen A. W. & Little C. T. S. (2010). "Holoplanktonic gastropoda (Mollusca) from the Miocene of Cyprus: systematics and biostratigraphy". Palaeontology 53(5): 1111-1145. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00993.x.

Peracle bispinosa is not synonyms of Peracle diversa. It is quite a different specie! The reference for synonyms of Peracle diversa and Peracle apicifulva is : Giovine F. (1988). "The genus Peracle in the Mediterranean (Heterobranchia: Peraclidae)". La Conchiglia 20(226-227): 22-24, 5 figs. Ferdinando Giovine

Further reading

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