Cataegidae | |
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fossil Cataegis godineauensis from the late Miocene | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: |
Cataegidae McLean & Quinn, 1987 |
External identifiers for Cataegidae | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 17241798 |
WoRMS | 382167 |
Cataegidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level.
Genera within the family Cataegidae include: