Neomphalidae

Neomphalidae is a family of sea snails or limpets, specifically deep sea hydrothermal vent limpets. This family was included in the Vetigastropoda, which is a clade according to the Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. It is now included in the clade Neomphalina.^[3]

Neomphalidae
Shell of Helicrenion reticulatum (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neomphaliones
Order:	Neomphalida
Superfamily:	Neomphaloidea
Family:	Neomphalidae McLean, 1981[1]
Diversity[2]
10 extant species
Synonyms
Cyathermiidae McLean, 1990

No subfamilies are included in this family. The Neomphalidae was removed from the subclass Eogastropoda where it was the only family in the superfamily Neomphaloidea McLean, 1981 and order Neomphalida (McLean, 1981).^[4]

Genera

Genera and species within the Neomphalidae include:^[5]

• Cyathermia Warén & Bouchet, 1989
• Lacunoides Warén & Bouchet, 1989
• Neomphalus McLean, 1981^[1] - type genus^[5]
• Planorbidella Warén & Bouchet, 1993
• Solutigyra Warén & Bouchet, 1989
• Symmetromphalus McLean, 1990