†family Velainellidae Vasseur 1880 (snail)
Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Velainellidae
Parent taxon: Trochoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Kosnik 2002 and Ponder and Warén 1988
Sister taxa: Angariidae, Araeonematidae, Areneidae, Ataphridae, Calliostomatidae, Colloniidae, Epulotrochidae, Eucochlidae, Fossarinidae, Liotiidae, Metriomphalidae, Nododelphinulidae, Phasianellidae, Sclarotrardidae, Skeneidae, Solariellidae, Strianematina, Tegulidae, Trochidae, Turbinidae, Ueckerconulus
Subtaxa: Velainella
Type: Velainella
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Velainellidae in the database