Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Seguenziida > Superfamily Seguenzioidea

Choristellidae Bouchet & Warén, 1979

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Choristellinae*	Bouchet & Warén, 1979	synonym

Children

Choristella K. J. Bush, 1897

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウロダマヤドリガイ科

Literature

original description	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1979). The abyssal molluscan fauna of the Norwegian Sea and its relation to other faunas. Sarsia. 64: 211-243.
basis of record	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
additional source	Haszprunar G. 1992. On the anatomy and relationships of the Choristellidae (Archaeogastropoda: Lepetelloidea). The Veliger 35(4): 295–307.
additional source	McLean, J.H. (1992). Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Archaeogastropoda: Lepetellacea) with descriptions of new species. The Veliger. 35(4): 273–294.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Choristellidae Bouchet & Warén, 1979. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23002