Speightiidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.[2] This family is not assigned to a superfamily. It has been traditionally classified near the family Turridae. But in 1993 it was shown that many, if not all, species that were placed in this family should instead be placed in the family Fasciolariidae.[3]
There are currently only two accepted genera within the family, Andicula and Speightia. Both of these are monotypic, including a single species each: Andicula occidentalis (H. Woods, 1922) and Speightia spinosa (Suter, 1917).[4]
References
- ^ Powell, A. W. B. (1942). "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae, with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics". Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 166. OCLC 1826451. Wikidata Q115110377.
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Tracey, S.; J.A. Todd; D.H. Erwin (1993). Mollusca, Gastropoda - The fossil record. Vol. 2. London: Chapman & Hall. pp. 131–167.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Speightiidae Powell, 1942 †". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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