Colloniidae

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Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Colloniidae was listed as subfamily Colloniinae within the family Turbinidae within Turbinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. This taxon consists of four following tribes (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

2008 taxonomy

Colloniidae was elevated to family level and (together with Phasianellidae) belongs to superfamily Phasianelloidea according to Williams et al. (2008). McLean (2012) added two more subfamilies Liotipomatinae and Moelleriinae.

2017 taxonomy

In 2017 Colloniidae was classified in the order Trochida. It contains the following subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Colloniidae include:

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