Scaliolidae
Introduction '''Scaliolidae''', common name '''scaliolids''', is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea, the ceriths and their allies.Sand grains agglutinate to the teleoconch in the type genus ''Scaliola''.
2005 taxonomy According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Scaliolidae has no subfamilies and has Obtortionidae Thiele, 1925 and Finellidae Thile, 1929 as its synonyms.
2006 taxonomy Bandel (2006) classified Scaliolidae within the superfamily Cerithioidea, but Obtortionidae at its own family level and Finellidae as a subfamily of Bittiidae.
Genera Genera within the family Scaliolidae include:* ''Finella'' A. Adams, 1860 - synonyms: ''Eufenella'' Kuroda & Habe, 1952; ''Fenella'' A. Adams, 1864; ''Obtortio'' Hedley, 1899* ''Scaliola'' A. Adams, 1860 - type genus of the family Scaliolidae
References
Further reading * Ponder W. F. (1994). "The anatomy and relationships of ''Finella'' and ''Scaliola'' (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae)". In: Morton B. (ed.) ''The malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III'', pp. 215–241, Hong Kong University Press.
External links *  Photos at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam website