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Fissurellidae

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy

Fissurellidae was named by Fleming (1822) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5274]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Zygobranchia by Martin (1904); to Prosobranchiata by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Gastropoda by Stanton (1895), Clark and Arnold (1923) and Weisbord (1962); to Archaeogastropoda by Addicott (1970); to Fissurellacea by Knight et al. (1960), Golikov and Starobogatov (1975), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Squires (1987), Beu et al. (1990) and Kosnik (2002); to Vetigastropoda by Kiel et al. (2010); and to Fissurelloidea by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Bouchet et al. (2005), Landau et al. (2016) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Altrix, Austriacopsis, Emarginulinae (syn. Hemitominae), Fissurellinae, Hemitoma, Leurolepas, Lucapina (syn. Foraminella), Lucapinella, Nesta, Parmophorus, Puncturella, Subemarginula, Zeidora

Synonyms

Rimulidae was named by Anton (1838). It is extant. Its type is Rimula.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fissurellidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
Zeidoridae was named by Naef (1913). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fissurellidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
Clypidinidae was named by Golikov and Starobogtov (1989). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fissurellidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1822	Fissurellidae Fleming
1838	Rimulidae Anton
1895	Fissurellidae Stanton p. 63
1904	Fissurellidae Martin p. 266
1913	Zeidoridae Naef
1923	Fissurellidae Clark and Arnold p. 173
1947	Fissurellidae Harris and Palmer p. 218
1960	Fissurellidae Knight et al. p. 227
1962	Fissurellidae Weisbord p. 44
1970	Fissurellidae Addicott p. 40
1975	Fissurellidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207
1987	Fissurellidae Squires p. 20
1987	Fissurellidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1989	Clypidinidae Golikov and Starobogtov p. 71
1990	Fissurellidae Beu et al. p. 402
1995	Fissurellidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
1998	Fissurellidae Beesley p. 669
2001	Fissurellidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 690
2001	Fissurellidae Lozouet et al. p. 17
2001	Fissurellidae Todd
2002	Fissurellidae Harzhauser p. 69
2002	Fissurellidae Kosnik p. 226
2005	Fissurellidae Bouchet et al. p. 243
2010	Fissurellidae Kiel et al. p. 29
2016	Fissurellidae Landau et al. p. 10
2017	Fissurellidae Bouchet et al. p. 336

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Vetigastropoda	(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
order	Lepetellida	Moskalev 1971
superfamily	Fissurelloidea	(Fleming 1822)
family	Fissurellidae	Fleming 1822
family	Fissurellidae	Fleming 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Fissurellidae Fleming 1822

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G. †Altrix Palmer 1942

†Puncturella (Altrix) pacifica Squires and Goedert 1996

G. †Austriacopsis Haber 1932

Subg. †Austriacopsis (Austriacopsis) Haber 1932

†Austriacopsis (Austriacopsis) austriaca Hornes 1853

Subg. †Austriacopsis (Balinula) Dacque 1933

†Austriacopsis (Balinula) vaceki Haber 1932

Subg. †Austriacopsis (Puncturellopsis) Haber 1932

Subfm. Emarginulinae Gray 1834

G. Agariste Monterosato 1892

G. Clypidina Gray 1847

Subg. Clypidina (Montfortula) Iredale 1915

†Montfortula kaawaensis Bartrum 1919

†Montfortula pulchra Adams 1851

†Montfortula rugosa Quoy 1834

†Montfortula variegata Adams 1851

†Clypidina rugosa Quoy 1834

G. Emarginulina Goldfuss 1870

Tr. Emarginulini Children 1834

G. Emarginula Lamarck 1801

Subg. †Emarginula (Altomarginula) Haber 1932

Subg. †Emarginula (Arginula) Palmer 1937

Subg. Emarginula (Emarginula) Lamarck 1801

Emarginula (Emarginula) bicancellata Montrouzier 1860

Emarginula (Emarginula) clypeus Adams 1852

Emarginula (Emarginula) souberbiana Pilsbry 1890

†Emarginula (Emarginula) vadanaei Toni 1912

Subg. Emarginula (Semperia) Crosse 1867

Subg. Emarginula (Subzeidora) Iredale 1924

†Emarginula (Subzeidora) devota Thiele 1915

Subg. †Emarginula (Tauschia) Haber 1932

†Emarginula (Tauschia) meneghiniana Canavari 1879

†Emarginula (Tauschia) sexagenicostae Fischer et al. 2002

†Emarginula abnormis Stoppani 1858

Emarginula bella Gabb 1865

†Emarginula clathrata Deshayes 1824

†Emarginula clathrataeformis Eichwald 1853

†Emarginula clypeata Lamarck 1802

†Emarginula conformis Cossmann and Lambert 1884

Emarginula conica Lamarck 1801

†Emarginula costata Lamarck 1802

Emarginula crassa Sowerby 1813

†Emarginula dotyhillsensis Squires and Goedert 1995

†Emarginula elegans Defrance 1819

†Emarginula elongata Defrance 1819

Emarginula fissura Linnaeus 1758

†Emarginula gabbi Stewart 1927

Invalid names: Emarginula radiata Gabb 1864 [replaced]

†Emarginula incisura Adams 1851

†Emarginula kitteli Dreger 1892

†Emarginula mareana Weisbord 1962

†Emarginula marylandica Martin 1904

†Emarginula muensteri Pictet 1855

†Emarginula multiradiata Weisbord 1962

†Emarginula punctura Wood 1848

†Emarginula radiola Lamarck 1802

†Emarginula reticulata Sowerby 1813

Emarginula rosea Bell 1824

†Emarginula squammata Grateloup 1836

†Emarginula striatissima Traub 1979

†Emarginula tropica Weisbord 1962

†Emarginula variegata Adams 1851

†Emarginula washingtoniana Squires and Goedert 1994

G. Rimula Defrance 1827

†Rimula blainvilli Defrance 1827

Rimula exquisita Adams 1853

G. †Emersonia Haber 1932

G. †Entomella Cossmann 1888

Subg. †Entomella (Entomella) Cossmann 1888

Tr. Fissurellideini Pilsbry 1890

G. Fissurellidea Orbigny 1841

Subg. Fissurellidea (Pupillaea) Sowerby 1835

Fissurellidea aperta Sowerby 1825

Fissurellidea bimaculata Dall 1871

G. †Loxotoma Fischer 1885

G. Notomella Cotton 1957

G. †Retshitsella Mazaev 1998

†Retshitsella egorovi Mazaev 1998

G. †Rimularia Bronn 1838

G. †Rimulopsis Haber 1932

Subg. †Rimulopsis (Koniakaua) Dacqué 1933

Subg. †Rimulopsis (Rimulopsis) Haber 1932

G. Scelidotoma McLean 1966

†Scelidotoma aldersoni Powell and Geiger 2019

Tr. Scutini Christiaens 1973

G. Scutus Monfort 1810

Subg. Scutus (Nannoscutum) Iredale 1937

Nannoscutum forsythi Iredale 1937

Subg. Scutus (Scutus) Montfort 1810

Scutus antipodes Monfort 1810

†Scutus unguis Linnaeus 1758

G. Tugali Gray 1843

Subg. †Tugali (Parmophoridea) Wenz 1938

Subg. †Tugali (Tugali) Gray 1843

Tugali barnardi Barnard 1963

†Tugali cicatricosa Adams 1851

†Tugali parmophoidea Quoy 1834

Invalid names: Hemitominae Kuroda et al. 1971 [synonym]

Subfm. Fissurellinae Fleming 1822

G. †Amblychilepas Pilsbry 1890

†Amblychilepas acra Cotton 1947

†Amblychilepas compressa Thiele 1930

†Amblychilepas crucis Beddome 1882

†Amblychilepas javanicus Lamarck 1822

†Amblychilepas nigrita Sowerby 1835

†Amblychilepas oblonga Menke 1843

†Amblychilepas omicron Crosse 1864

Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791

G. Atractotrema Cossmann 1888

G. Cosmetalepas Iredale 1924

†Cosmetalepas concatenatus Crosse 1864

Tr. Diodorini Odhner 1932

G. Diodora Gray 1821

Subg. Diodora (Diodora) Gray 1821

†Diodora (Diodora) italica Defrance 1820

Diodora arnoldi McLean 1966

Diodora aspera Rathke 1833

Invalid names: Fissuridea murina Arnold 1903 [synonym]

†Diodora auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822

†Diodora cayenensis henekeni Maury 1917

Invalid names: Fissurella alternata Say 1822 [synonym]

†Diodora chipolana Dall 1892

†Diodora chipolana caroliniana Richards 1943

†Diodora corbicula Sowerby 1862

†Diodora derbyi Maury 1924

†Diodora diadala Gardner 1947

†Diodora fragilis Nielsen et al. 2004

†Diodora galeata Hebling 1779

Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822

Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758

Invalid names: Patella apertura Montagu 1803 [synonym]

†Diodora granifera Pease 1861

†Diodora griscomi Conrad 1834

†Diodora henekeni Maury 1917

†Diodora immortalis Maury 1924

Diodora inaequalis Sowerby 1835

Diodora jaumei Aguayo and Redher 1936

†Diodora jukesii Reeve 1850

†Diodora lincolnensis Cotton 1930

†Diodora lineata Sowerby 1835

Diodora listeri d'Orbigny 1842

Diodora meta Ihering 1927

Diodora minuta Lamarck 1822

†Diodora mus Reeve 1850

†Diodora occidua Cotton 1930

†Diodora octogona Reeve 1850

†Diodora pamlicoensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987

Diodora parviforata Sowerby 1889

Diodora patagonica dOrbigny 1839

†Diodora penderensis Kellum 1926

†Diodora pumpellyi Gardner 1947

†Diodora quadriradiata Reeve 1850

†Diodora redimicula Say 1824

†Diodora ruppelli Sowerby 1834

†Diodora singaporensis Reeve 1850

†Diodora subcostaria d'Orbigny 1852

†Diodora tenebrosa Conrad 1833

†Diodora tenebrosa veatchi Harris and Palmer 1947

Invalid names: Fissurella claibornensis Lea 1833 [synonym]

†Diodora tenebrosa antica Harris and Palmer 1947

†Diodora ticaonica Reeve 1850

Diodora viridula Lamarck 1822

†Diodora vredenburgi Dey 1961

Invalid names: Austroglyphis Cotton and Godfrey 1934 [synonym], Capiluna Gray 1857 [synonym], Elegidion Iredale 1924 [synonym], Fissuridea Swainson 1840 [synonym], Glyphis Carpenter 1857 [synonym]

G. Megathura Pilsbry 1890

Megathura crenulata Sowerby 1825

†Megathura vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923

G. †Pseudofissurella Haber 1932

G. †Stromboli Berry 1954

G. Fissurella Bruguière 1789

Subg. †Fissurella (Balboaina) Perez-Farfante 1943

Subg. †Fissurella (Carcellesia) Perez-Farfante 1952

Subg. Fissurella (Clypidella) Swainson 1840

Subg. Fissurella (Cremides) Adams and Adams 1854

Fissurella (Cremides) angusta Gmelin 1789

Fissurella (Cremides) barbouri Farfante 1943