Chilodontidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy The family was previously in the superfamily Neritoidea in the order Neritopsina and the superorder Neritaemorphi.
2005 taxonomy This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Chilodontainae Wenz, 1938 Calliotropinae Hickman & McLean, 1990 Cataeginae McLean & Quinn, 1987
2007 taxonomy A molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of the 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.
It was proposed to rename the family Chilodontidae Wenz, 1938 as "Chilodontaidae" because it was a homonym of the fish family "Chilodontidae" Eigenmann, 1912, but a 2024 ICZN ruling instead changed the name of the fish family to Chilodidae, so the gastropod family is still to be kept as Chilodontidae.Opinion 2502 (Case 3555) – Chilodontidae Bronn, 1859 (Ciliophora), Chilodontinae Eigenmann, 1910 (Pisces, Characiformes) and Chilodontinae Wenz, 1938 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): homonymy between family-group names resolved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 81(1): 133-136 (31 December 2024) doi:10.21805/bzn.v81.a025
The subfamilies Calliotropinae Hickman & McLean, 1990 and Cataeginae McLean & Quinn, 1987 were raised to family levels as the Calliotropidae and the Cataegidae.
Genera Genera within the family Chilodontidae include (according to the World Register of Marine Species: † Agathodonta Cosman, 1918 Ascetostoma Herbert, 2012 † Calliovarica H. Vokes, 1939 Chilodonta Etallon, 1862 † Chilodontoidea Hudleston, 1896 Clypeostoma Herbert, 2012 Danilia Brusina, 1865 † Daniliopsis Vera-Peláez, 2022 Dentistyla Dall, 1889 Euchelus Philippi, 1847 Granata Cotton, 1957 Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1889 Hybochelus Pilsbry, 1889 Imbricoscelis D. G. Herbert, 2024 Mirachelus Woodring, 1928 † Odontoturbo Loriol, 1887 † Onkospira Zittel, 1873 Perrinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 Pholidotrope Herbert, 2012 † Plagiochilus Kollmann, 2005 † Polystenoma Kollmann, 2005 Putzeysia Sulliotti, 1889 Tallorbis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 Vaceuchelus Iredale, 1929 Vetulonia Dall, 1913 Vinagranata Thach, 2025
Genera brought into synonymy Craspedotus Philippi, 1847: synonym of Danilia Brusina, 1865 Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861: synonym of Danilia Brusina, 1865 Huttonia Kirk, 1882: synonym of Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890 Nevillia H. Adams, 1868: synonym of Alcyna A. Adams, 1860 Olivia Cantraine, 1835: synonym of Danilia Brusina, 1865
References
Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228
External links Photos of shells in Chilodontaidae WoRMS