Calliotropidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Taxonomy 2005 taxonomy Calliotropidae was classified as the subfamily Calliotropinae within Chilodontidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
2007-2009 taxonomy Molecular phylogeny research on Seguenzioidea was published by Kano (2007).Kano Y. (2007). "Vetigastropod phylogeny and a new concept of Seguenzioidea: independent evolution of copulatory organs in the deep-sea habitats". Zoologica Scripta 37(1): 1-21.
Kano et al. (2009)Kano Y., Chikyu E. & Warén A. (2009) "Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 75: 397-418. . elevated the subfamily Calliotropinae to family level as Calliotropidae.
Genera Genera within the family Calliotropidae include: Bathybembix Crosse, 1893 Calliotropis L. Seguenza, 1903 Cidarina Dall, 1909 Convexia Noda, 1975 Echinogurges Quinn, 1979 Ginebis Taki & Otuka, 1942 Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879 Putzeysia Sulliotti, 1889 Spinicalliotropis Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 Genera brought into synonymy Bembix Watson, 1879: synonym of Bathybembix Crosse, 1893 Solaricida Dall, 1919: synonym of Calliotropis L. Seguenza, 1903 Turcicula Dall, 1881: synonym of Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879
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