Siliquariidae

Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

Siliquariidae
Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Siliquariidae Anton, 1838
Diversity[1]
About 40 extant species

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Siliquariinae Anton, 1838 - synonym: Tenagodidae Gill, 1871
• Stephopomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997

Genera

Genera within the family Siliquariidae include:^[2][3]

Siliquariinae

• Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
• Tenagodus Guettard, 1770

Stephopomatinae

• Hummelinckiella Faber & Moolenbeek, 1999^[4]
• Stephopoma Mörch, 1860

subfamily ?

• Caporbis Bartsch, 1915
• Petalopoma Schiaparelli, 2002