Scaliolidae, common name scaliolids, 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

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

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 gastropod molluscs in the clade

Clade

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 Sorbeoconcha

Sorbeoconcha

Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.-1997 taxonomy:...

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The sand agglutinates

Agglutination (biology)

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 to the teleoconch in Scaliola.

2005 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...

 the family Scaliolidae has no subfamilies and has Obtortionidae

Obtortionidae

Obtortionidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea, that is within the clade Cerithimorpha or in clade Sorbeoconcha.The shell of the larva is ornamental.- 2005 taxonomy :...

 Thiele, 1925 and Finellidae Thile, 1929 as its synonyms.

2006 taxonomy

Bandel (2006) have classified Scaliolidae in superfamily Cerithioidea, but Obtortionidae

Obtortionidae

Obtortionidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea, that is within the clade Cerithimorpha or in clade Sorbeoconcha.The shell of the larva is ornamental.- 2005 taxonomy :...

 as its own family level and Finellidae as a subfamily of Bittiidae.

Genera

Genera withn the family Scaliolidae include:

• Finella
  Finella
  Finella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Scaliolidae.This genus has been assigned in the course of time to different families by different authors: Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Dialidae, Obtortionidae, Finellidae and Diastomatidae Morphological and anatomical studies by...
  
  A. Adams, 1860 - synonyms: Eufenella Kuroda & Habe, 1952; Fenella A. Adams, 1864; Obtortio Hedley, 1899
• Scaliola
  Scaliola
  Scaliola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Scaliolidae.-Species:Species within the genus Scaliola include:* Scaliola arenosa A. Adams* Scaliola caledonica Crosse, 1870* Scaliola elata Issel, 1869...
  
  A. Adams, 1860 - type genus
  Type genus
  In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
  
  of the family Scaliolidae

Further reading

• Ponder W. F. (1994). "The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae)". In: Morton B. (ed.) The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III, pp. 215-241, Hong Kong University Press.