Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Although the shell shape of genera in this family is that of a limpet, the family is in fact closely related to the Neritidae, the nerites.
Genera and species Genera and species within the family Phenacolepadidae include: Subfamily Phenacolepadinae Pilsbry, 1895 Hyalopatina Dall, 1889 Magadis Melvill & Standen, 1899 Plesiothyreus Cossman, 1888 Zacalantica Iredale, 1929 Subfamily Shinkailepadinae Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989 Divia Fukumori, Yahagi, Warén & Kano, 2019 Shinkailepas Okutani et al., 1989 - a hydrothermal vent genus Thalassonerita Moroni, 1966 Genera brought into synonymy Cinnalapeta Iredale, 1929: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888 Olgasolaris L. Beck, 1992: synonym of Shinkailepas Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989 Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888 Scutellina Gray, 1847: synonym of Plesiothyreus Cossmann, 1888
References
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526 Chen C. & Sigwart J.D., 2023. The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. Zootaxa 5270(3): 401-436
External links Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 636-655