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Areneidae McLean, 2012 
AphiaID: 413480

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Angarioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Angarioidea
Source  original description: McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376. [29 June 2012], available online at http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/44239_z2012n2a11.pdf [details]

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 Genus Arene H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Genus Cinysca Kilburn, 1970

Genus Cynisca H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Cinysca Kilburn, 1970
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Note  Classification: Phylogenetic position uncertain; Williams et al. (2007) suggested some relationship with Angariidae but concluded that "placement of Areneidae into a superfamily awaits further work". [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413480
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-08-29 19:12:46Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-12-03 11:45:09Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2013-04-05 16:49:11Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Areneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413480 on 2013-05-22
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