Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
Colloniidae was listed as subfamily Colloniinae within the family Turbinidae within Turbinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
This taxon consists of four following tribes (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Colloniinae Cossmann, 1917 tribe Colloniini Cossmann, 1917 - synonym: Bothropomatinae Thiele, 1924 (inv.); Homalopomatinae Keen, 1960; Petropomatinae Cox, 1960 tribe † Adeorbisinini Monari, Conti & szabo, 1995 tribe † Crossostomatini Cox, 1960 tribe † Helicocryptini Cox, 1960
2008 taxonomy
Colloniidae was elevated to family level and (together with Phasianellidae) belongs to superfamily Phasianelloidea according to Williams et al. (2008). McLean (2012) added two more subfamilies Liotipomatinae and Moelleriinae.
2017 taxonomy
In 2017 Colloniidae was classified in the order Trochida.
It contains the following subfamilies: † Crossostomatinae Cox, 1960 Colloniinae † Lewisiellinae Gründel, 2008 Liotipomatinae Moelleriinae Petropomatinae
Genera
Genera in the family Colloniidae include:
Subfamily Colloniinae Cossmann, 1917
Anadema H. & A. Adams, 1854
Argalista Iredale, 1915
Bothropoma Thiele, 1924
Cantrainea Jeffreys, 1883
Collonia Gray, 1850
Collonista Iredale, 1918
Emiliotia Faber, 2006
Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864
Leptocollonia Powell, 1951
Leptothyra Pease, 1869
Subfamily Liotipomatinae McLean, 2012
Depressipoma McLean, 2012
Liotipoma McLean & Kiel, 2007
Paraliotipoma McLean, 2012
Rhombipoma McLean, 2012
Subfamily Moelleriinae Hickman & McLean, 1990
Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865
Spiromoelleria Baxter & McLean, 1984
† Subfamily Petropomatinae Cox, 1960
Genera brought into synonymy
Neocollonia Kuroda & Habe, 1954: synonym of Bothropoma Thiele, 1924
Thermocollonia Okutani & Fujikura, 1990: synonym of Cantrainea Jeffreys, 1883
References
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp McLean J.H. & Kiel S. 2007. Cretaceous and living Colloniidae of the redefined subfamily Petropomatinae, with two new genera and one new species, with notes on opercular evolution in turbinoideans, and the fossil record of Liotiidae (Vetigastropoda: Turbinoidea). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81(3): 254-266