Peltospiridae is a small family of gastropods that used to belong to the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), but is now included in the clade Neomphalina[2]
| Peltospiridae | |
|---|---|
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| Chrysomallon squamiferum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neomphaliones |
| Order: | Neomphalida |
| Superfamily: | Neomphaloidea |
| Family: | Peltospiridae McLean, 1989 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 21 extant species | |
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
editGenera within the family Peltospiridae:
- Chrysomallon (1 species)
- Ctenopelta (1 species)
- Depressigyra Warén & Bouchet, 1989
- Dracogyra C. Chen, Y.-D. Zhou, C.-S. Wang & Copley, 2017
- Echinopelta McLean, 1989
- Gigantopelta C. Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & A. D. Rogers, 2015
- Hirtopelta McLean, 1989
- Lirapex Warén & Bouchet, 1989
- Nodopelta McLean, 1989
- Pachydermia Warén & Bouchet, 1989
- Peltospira McLean, 1989
- Rhynchopelta McLean, 1989
- Symmetriapelta L. Beck, 2023
Cladogram
editA cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Peltospiridae.[3] Lacunoides and Cyathermia are sometimes classified within Neomphalidae, but according to the COI genne analysis, they cluster within Peltospiridae.[4]
References
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- ^ WoRMS. Taxon tree. accessed 28 November 2017.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Peltospiridae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180915 on 2012-03-20
- ^ Chen C., Linse K., Roterman C. N., Copley J. T. & Rogers A. D. (2015). "A new genus of large hydrothermal vent‐endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2), 319-335. doi:10.1111/zoj.12279.
- ^ Chen C.; Linse K.; Copley J. T.; Rogers A.D. (2015). "The 'scaly-foot gastropod': a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81 (3): 322–334. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv013.
- McLean, J.H. (1989). New archaeogastropod limpets from hydrothermal vents: new family Peltospiridae, new superfamily Peltospiracea. Zoologica Scripta. 18(1): 49-66.