Early Miocene Gastropods from the Felli Section (Proto-Mediterranean Sea NW Greece)
Author
Thivaiou, Danae
Author
Harzhauser, Mathias
Author
Koskeridou, Efterpi
text
Geodiversitas
2019
2019-04-15
41
8
323
366
journal article
10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a8
2d9cc532-dbf4-46f5-b134-4d8fa2f93663
1638-9395
3700008
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A2760279-BE3E-4730-9688-9AB777F3A357
Family
PYRAMIDELLIDAE Gray, 1840
REMARK
This family has incited many discussions and works over the years both for recent and for fossil species. Almost all of the species are ectoparasites of soft-bodied invertebrates (e.g. polychaete worms and other molluscs) (
Dinapoli
et al.
2011
). Taxonomic descriptions have been based on the teleoconch morphology and especially on the protoconch according to descriptions and illustrations of
PeƱas
et al.
(1996)
. Works on the phylogenies of the family are few, which complicates the correct assignment of species to genera.