Sutilizonidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, deepwater hydrothermal vent snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Lepetodriloidea |
| Family: | Sutilizonidae McLean, 1989 |
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Sutulizonidae (spelling error) [1] | |
Taxonomy
editThis family has no subfamilies.
Temnocinclinae McLean, 1989 was considered to be a synonym of Sutilizonidae by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), but was updated to family level as Temnocinclidae by Geiger in 2009.[1]
Genera
editGenera within the family Sutilizonidae include:
- Sutilizona McLean, 1989
- Temnocinclis McLean, 1989
- Temnozaga McLean, 1989
References
edit- ^ Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.