Proserpinidae is a taxonomic family of small land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Family: | Proserpinidae J. E. Gray, 1847[1]
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Despoenidae Newton, 1891 |
This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.[2]
Genera
editGenera within the family Proserpinidae include:
- Proserpina G. B. Sowerby II, 1839[3] - type genus of the family[2]
References
edit- ^ Gray J. E. (1847). "A list of genera of Recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-182. page 182.
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Sowerby II. G. B. (1839). Conch. Man.: 124; (1842), ed. 2: 237.