Seraphsidae

Seraphsidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.^[2][3]

Seraphsidae
Terebellum terebellum, a member of the family Seraphsidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Seraphsidae J.E. Gray, 1853
Synonyms
Terebellidae (Homonym of Terebellidae Grube, 1850 based on Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 [Annelida]) Seraphidae (Orthographic variant, misspelling, per IRMNG, based on Seraphs [in French: Seraphe] Montfort, 1810; from Seraphina Gray, 1853 [Strombidae])[1]

Genera

There is one extant genus within the family Seraphsidae:

• Terebellum Röding, 1798

All other Seraphsidae genera are known only from the fossil record:^[4]

• †Diameza Deshayes, 1865
• †Mauryna de Gregorio, 1880
• †Miniseraphs Jung,1974
• †Paraseraphs Jung, 1974
• †Pseudoterebellum Maxwell, Rymer & Congdon, 2021
• †Seraphs Montfort, 1810

Synonyms for Terebellum

• Artopoia Gistel, 1848: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Terebellum)
• Lucis Gistel, 1848: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798
• Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815: synonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798