Calliotropidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of sea snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

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 gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea

Seguenzioidea

Seguenzioidea is a superfamily of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda. - 2007-2009 taxonomy :Kano et al...

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2005 taxonomy

Calliotropidae has been classified as a subfamily Calliotropinae within Chilodontidae

Chilodontidae (gastropods)

Chilodontidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda .- Taxonomy :...

 according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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2007-2009 taxonomy

A Molecular phylogeny

Molecular phylogeny

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 research of Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).

Kano et al. (2009) has elevated the subfamily Calliotropinae to family level Calliotropidae.

Genera

Genera within the family Calliotropidae include:

• Bathybembix
  Bathybembix
  Bathybembix is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae, .-Species:Species within the genus Bathybembix include:* Bathybembix aeola * Bathybembix bairdii...
  
  Crosse, 1893
• Calliotropis
  Calliotropis
  Calliotropis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae.- Taxonomy :According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) the genus Calliotropis is placed in the subfamily Calliotropinae within the family Chilodontidae.New insights into the...
  
  L. Seguenza, 1903
• Cidarina Dall, 1909
• Convexia Noda, 1975
• Echinogurges
  Echinogurges
  Echinogurges is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae.-Species:Species within the genus Echinogurges include:* Echinogurges clavatus * Echinogurges tuberculatus Quinn, 1991...
  
  Quinn, 1979
• Ginebis Taki & Otuka, 1942
• Lischkeia
  Lischkeia
  Lischkeia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae.-Species:Species within the genus Lischkeia include:* Lischkeia alwinae * Lischkeia imperialis...
  
  P. Fischer, 1879
• Putzeysia
  Putzeysia
  Putzeysia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae, -Species:Species within the genus Putzeysia include: * Putzeysia cillisi Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009* Putzeysia franciskae Engl & Rolán, 2009...
  
  Sulliotti, 1889
• Spinicalliotropis
  Spinicalliotropis
  Spinicalliotropis is a monospecific genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae, -Species:Species within the genus Spinicalliotropis include: * Spinicalliotropis spinosa...
  
  Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006