| Abyssochrysoidea | |
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| Two preserved specimens of Alviniconcha hessleri, family Provannidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927 |
Abyssochrysoidea is a superfamily of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned to an order in the subclass Caenogastropoda.1
These marine snails are part of the fauna of the hydrothermal vents and other deep-water habitats.
Families
Families within the superfamily Abyssochryoidea include:
- Abyssochrysidae Tomlin, 1927
- † Hokkaidoconchidae Kaim, R. G. Jenkins & Warén, 2008
- Provannidae Warén & Ponder, 1991
- Rubyspiridae Kaim, 2022
These two families Provaniidae and Abyssochrysidae were previously placed in the "Zygopleuroid group" (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subsequently Provannidae was placed in the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea by Kaim et al. (2008)2 and then Abyssochrysidae was also moved to Abyssochrysoidea.3
References
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411644 on 2021-03-15
- Kaim A., Jenkins R. G. & Warén A. (2008). "Provannid and provannid−like gastropods from Late Cretaceous cold seeps of Hokkaido (Japan) and the fossil record of the Provannidae (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(3): 421-436. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00431.x.
- WoRMS (2009). Abyssochrysidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345309 on 2010-05-04