Struthiolariidae

Struthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.

General characteristics

(Original description) The animal has an outer mantle-margin that is simple. The shell is oblong-oval or turrited, with entire lips.

Genera

Genera within the family Struthiolariidae include:

• Conchothyra <small>Hutton, 1877</small>
• † Monalaria <small>Marwick, 1924</small>
• Pelicaria <small>Gray, 1857</small>
• Perissodonta <small>Martens, 1878</small>
• Struthiolaria <small>Lamarck, 1816</small>
• Tylospira <small>Harris, 1897</small>

• † Antarctodarwinella <small>Zinsmeister, 1976</small> : synonym of Perissodonta <small>E. von Martens, 1878</small>
• † Singletonaria <small>Marwick, 1952</small>: synonym of Tylospira <small>G. F. Harris, 1897</small> (junior subjective synonym)
• † Struthiolarella <small>Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908</small>: synonym of Perissodonta <small>E. von Martens, 1878</small>

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