Areneidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Areneidae

| image = Cinysca dunkeri 001.jpg

| image_caption = Cinysca dunkeri

| authority = McLean, 2012

| subdivision = See text

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Areneidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Areneidae McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413480 on 2020-05-25

Areneidae was previously not officially described as a taxon name.WoRMS (2010). Arene Adams, 1845. 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=413481 on 2010-04-17 Areneidae is provisionally placed within the superfamily Angarioidea according to Williams et al. (2008).Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. {{doi|10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x}} In 2012 it was moved to the superfamily Trochoidea