Strepsiduridae
{{Short description|Family of sea snails}}
{{Taxobox
| image = Strepsidura_turgida_01.JPG
| image_caption = Five views of a fossil shell of Strepsidura turgida
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
| superfamilia = Muricoidea
| familia = Strepsiduridae
| familia_authority = Cossmann, 1901Cossmann M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée 4: 130.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
| synonyms = Melapiidae Kantor, 1991Kantor (1991). Ruthenica 1(1-2): 50.
}}
Strepsiduridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Muricoidea, but its position is doubtful.{{cite journal
|author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P.
|name-list-style=amp | year = 2005
| date=
| title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
| journal = Malacologia
| volume =47
| issue = 1-2
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According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Strepsiduridae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Strepsiduridae include:
- Strepsidura Swainson, 1840Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 90: 308.
- The type species of the genus Strepsidura is fossil.
- † Strepsidura ficus (Gabb)
- † Strepsidura harrisi Givens & Garvie, 1994Givens C. R. & Garvie C. L. (1994). "Strepsidura ficus (Gabb) of Harris (1895), Eocene of Texas: A Volutid Gastropod Species Distinct from Whitneya ficus Gabb, 1864, Eocene of California". Journal of Paleontology 68(2): 274-278. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1306068 JSTOR].
- †Strepsidura turgida (Solander, 1766)
- Melapium H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853Adams H. & Adams H. (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 136.
- Melapium elatum (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
- Melapium lineatum (Lamarck, 1822)
References
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External links
- [http://www.conchology.be/?t=66&family=STREPSIDURIDAE Photos of shells of Melapium elatum and Melapium lineatum]
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