Ptenoglossa

Ptenoglossa
A freshly stranded individual of Janthina janthina in the Janthinidae, Epitonioidea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Suborder:	Ptenoglossa Gray, 1853
Superfamilies[1]
Eulimoidea Janthinoidea Triphoroidea

The Ptenoglossa is an informal taxonomic group of sea snails.[2] This group was considered paraphyletic or polyphyletic by Ponder and Lindberg (1997) in their classification of gastropod molluscs.[3]

The database WoRMS considers this suborder as belonging to the order (unassigned Caenogastropoda) (temporary name).[4]

Taxonomy

• Superfamily Epitonioidea
  • Family Epitoniidae
  • Family Janthinidae
  • Family Nystiellidae
• Superfamily Eulimoidea
  • Family Eulimidae
  • Family Aclididae
• Superfamily Triphoroidea
  • Family Triphoridae
  • Family Cerithiopsidae
  • Family Newtoniellidae

References

1. "Ptenoglossa". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
3. W.F. Ponder & D.R. Lindberg (1997). "Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs; an analysis using morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 119 (2): 83–265. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb00137.x.
4. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ptenoglossa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411725 on 2020-08-02

External links

• Sea Slug Forum