Seraphsidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.[2][3]

Seraphsidae
Terebellum terebellum, a member of the family Seraphsidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Seraphsidae
J.E. Gray, 1853
Synonyms
  • Terebellidae (Homonym of Terebellidae Grube, 1850 based on Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 [Annelida])
  • Seraphidae (Orthographic variant, misspelling, per IRMNG, based on Seraphs [in French: Seraphe] Montfort, 1810; from Seraphina Gray, 1853 [Strombidae])[1]

Genera edit

There is one extant genus within the family Seraphsidae:

All other Seraphsidae genera are known only from the fossil record:[4]

  • Diameza Deshayes, 1865
  • Mauryna de Gregorio, 1880
  • Miniseraphs Jung,1974
  • Paraseraphs Jung, 1974
  • Pseudoterebellum Maxwell, Rymer & Congdon, 2021
  • Seraphs Montfort, 1810

Synonyms for Terebellum edit

  • Artopoia Gistel, 1848: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Terebellum)
  • Lucis Gistel, 1848: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798
  • Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798

References edit

  1. ^
    • "IRMNG name details: Seraphidae Gray, 1853". IRMNG – Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
    • Kronenberg, Gijs C.; Wieneke, Ulrich (July 2020). "Röding's Stromboidea (Caenogastropoda): the remains of the Bolten collection in the Museum der Natur Gotha (Germany), a critical review of Röding's taxa, and notes on the Schmidt catalogue" (PDF). Basteria. 84 (1–3): 85–126. The ... problem is on the spelling of the family name: Seraphidae or Seraphsidae. Both spellings are present in the literature ...
    • Wieneke, Ulrich; Stoutjesdijk, Han; Simonet, Philippe; Liverani, Virgilio, eds. (10 February 2021). "Seraphidae (Stromboidea) Gray, 1853". Gastropoda Stromboidea.
  2. ^ "Seraphsidae Gray, 1853". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  4. ^ "Taxon Details: Seraphsidae Gray, 1853". IRMNG – Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.

Further reading edit