Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea

Siliquariidae Anton, 1838

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Siliquariinae Anton, 1838 synonym; alternate representation

Children

Petalopoma Schiaparelli, 2002
Tenagodus Guettard, 1770

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: pod shells; pod snails; wormshells; wormsnails sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Schlangenschnecken

Literature

basis of record

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siliquariidae Anton, 1838. 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:23117

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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Last modified

2020-02-06 by Rüdiger Bieler

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