Pickworthiidae

Pickworthiidae
Three shells of Reynellona natalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pickworthiidae Iredale, 1917
Subfamilies and genera
See text

Pickworthiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[1]

Subfamilies

The following three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Reynellonidae Iredale, 1917
• Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Faxiidae Ravn, 1933
• Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983: raised to the rank of family Pelycidiidae by Ponder W.F. & Hall S.J. (1983)

Genera

Genera in the family Pickworthiidae include:^[2]

Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Reynellonidae)

• Ampullosansonia Kase, 1999
• Astrosansonia Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003
• Chrystella Laseron, 1957
• Clatrosansonia Sabelli & Taviani, 2003
• Cubasansonia Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2005
• Discrevinia Laseron, 1957
• Kaseilla Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 2010
• Mareleptopoma Moolenbeek & Faber, 1984
• Microliotia Boettger, 1902
• Reynellona Iredale, 1917
• Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
• Sansoniella Moolenbeek, 2008
• Tinianella Kase, 1999

Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Faxiidae)

• Sherbornia Iredale, 1917

Genera brought into synonymy

• Latilabrum Kuroda & Habe, 1991: synonym of Microliotia Boettger, 1902
• Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899: synonym of Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892
• Pickworthia Iredale, 1917: synonym of Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892

shell of Sansonia kirkpatricki

References

1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
2. Pickworthiinae. WoRMS.

External links

• Photos of shells