Aplustridae

Hydatina physis (live)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acteonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Acteonimorpha Superfamilia: Acteonoidea

Familia: Aplustridae
Genera (7): Aplustrum – Bullina – Espinosina – Hydatina – Micromelo – Parvaplustrum – Rictaxiella – †Sulcoactaeon – ?†Parvulactaeon – ?†Ragactaeon

Name

Aplustridae Gray, 1847

Synonyms

• Bullinidae Gray, 1850
• Hydatinidae Pilsbry, 1895 [permanently invalid] [source: Bouchet & Rocroi (2005: 257)]
• Nonacteoninidae Bandel, 1994 †
• Sulcoactaeonidae Gründel, 1997 †

References

• Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397. BHL Reference page. 
• Helwerda, R.A. 2015. Acteonidae, Bullinidae and Ringiculidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines. Zootaxa 3990(2): 197–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Rudman, W.B. 1972: Studies on the primitive opisthobranch genera Bullina Férussac and Micromelo Pilsbry. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 51(2): 105–119. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1972.tb00776.x [see p. 117, as 'fam. nov.']

Links

• Bouchet, P. (2012). Aplustridae. Accessed through
• Aplustridae in the World Register of Marine Species on 2012-09-15

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