Pickworthiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

Subfamilies

The following three subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Pickworthiidae

Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Reynellonidae Iredale, 1917

Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 - synonym: Faxiidae Ravn, 1933

Subfamily Pelycidiinae Ponder & Hall, 1983: raised to the rank of family Pelycidiidae by Ponder W.F. & Hall S.J. (1983)

Pickworthiidae

Genera

Genera in the family Pickworthiidae include:

Pickworthiidae

Subfamily Pickworthiinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Reynellonidae) Ampullosansonia Kase, 1999 Astrosansonia Le Renard & Bouchet, 2003 Chrystella Laseron, 1957 Clatrosansonia Sabelli & Taviani, 2003 Cubasansonia Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2005 Discrevinia Laseron, 1957 Kaseilla Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 2010 Mareleptopoma Moolenbeek & Faber, 1984 Microliotia Boettger, 1902 Reynellona Iredale, 1917 Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892 Sansoniella Moolenbeek, 2008 Tinianella Kase, 1999

Subfamily Sherborniinae Iredale, 1917 (synonym: Faxiidae) Sherbornia Iredale, 1917

Genera brought into synonymy

Latilabrum Kuroda & Habe, 1991: synonym of Microliotia Boettger, 1902

Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899: synonym of Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892

Pickworthia Iredale, 1917: synonym of Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892

References

Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp

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Photos of shells