Seraphsidae
Introduction '''Seraphsidae''' is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.
Genera There is one extant genus within the family Seraphsidae:* ''Terebellum'' Röding, 1798All other Seraphsidae genera are known only from the fossil record:* †''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
References
Further reading * Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). "Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families". ''Malacologia''. '''61''' (1-2): 1–526. * Gray, J. E. (1853). "On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. '''2''' (11): 124–132** * Jung P. (1974). "A revision of the family Seraphsidae (Gastropoda: Strombacea)". ''Paleontographica Americana''. '''8''' (47): 72 pp., 16 pls. * *