{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = |image = Amathina tricarinata 002.jpg |image_caption = Lateral view of a shell of ''Amathina tricarinata'' |taxon = Amathinidae |authority = Ponder, 1987 |type_genus= ''Amathina'' <small>Gray, 1842</small> |synonyms= |display_parents= 3 }}
'''Amathinidae''', is a taxonomic family mostly consisting of small and minute sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the superfamily Pyramidelloidea. thumb|Two shells of ''Iselica ovoidea'' Together with Pyramidellidae, Ebalidae, Turbonillidae, Odostomidae and other genera they form the superfamily Pyramidelloidea.
Little is known on the biology of the group, but some data on the anatomy and systematic position is given by Ponder (1987)<ref>{{cite journal | author = Ponder, W. F. | year = 1987 | date= | title = The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | journal = Asian Marine Biology | volume = 4 | issue = | pages = 1–34 | issn = | doi = }}</ref> and Huber (1993).<ref>{{cite journal | author = Huber, G. | year = 1993 | date= | title = On the cerebral nervous system of marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda) | journal = Journal of Molluscan Studies | volume =59 | issue = 4 | pages = 381–420 | doi =10.1093/mollus/59.4.381 }}</ref>
== 1999 taxonomy == Genera within the family Amathinidae according to the taxonomy of Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999)<ref>{{cite journal | author = Schander, C. |author2=van Aartsen, J. J. |author3=Corgan, J. C. | year = 1999 | date= | title = Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | journal = Bollettino Malacologico | volume =34 | issue = 9–12 | pages = 145–166 | issn = | doi = }}</ref> include: *Genus ''Amathina'' J. E. Gray, 1842 *Genus ''Amathinoides'' Sacco, 1896 *Genus ''Carinorbis'' Conrad, 1862 *Genus ''Cyclothyca'' Stearns, 1861 *Genus ''Faluniella'' Cossman, 1921 *Genus ''Iselica'' Dall, 1918 *Genus ''Leucotina'' A. Adams, 1860 *Genus ''Phasianema'' Wood, 1842 *Genus ''Plicifer'' H. Adams, 1868
== 2005 taxonomy == This family has no subfamilies.<ref>{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref>
==Genera== This family presently comprises less than 100{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} recent and fossil species divided into seven genera: ''Amathina'', ''Amathinoides'', ''Carinorbis'', ''Cyclothyca'', ''Iselica'', ''Leucotina'' and ''Phasianema''.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
Two additional genera, ''Faluniella'' and ''Plicifer'' may also be a part of Amathinidae:{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} * ''Faluniella'' Cossmann, 1921
Genera within the family Amathinidae include: * ''Amathina'' Gray, 1842<ref>WoRMS (2010). ''Amathina'' Gray, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181104 on 2011-01-11</ref> * ''Cyclothyca'' Stearns, 1891<ref>WoRMS (2010). ''Cyclothyca'' Stearns, 1891. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531810 on 2011-01-11</ref> * ''Iselica'' Dall, 1918<ref>WoRMS (2010). ''Iselica''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415513 on 2011-01-11</ref> * ''Leucotina'' A. Adams, 1860<ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Leucotina'' A. Adams, 1860. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181116 on 2011-01-11</ref> * ''Monotygma'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1839</small> * ''Plicifer'' <small>H. Adams, 1868</small> * † ''Raulinia'' <small>Mayer, 1864</small> ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Adelactaeon'' <small>Cossmann, 1895</small>: synonym of ''Leucotina'' <small>A. Adams, 1860</small> * ''Amathinoides'' <small>Sacco, 1896</small> † accepted as ''Clathrella'' <small>Récluz, 1864</small> accepted as ''Carinorbis'' <small>Conrad, 1862</small> * ''Clathrella'' <small>Récluz, 1864</small> accepted as ''Carinorbis'' <small>Conrad, 1862</small> * ''Isapis'' <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854</small> accepted as ''Iselica'' <small>Dall, 1918</small> (Invalid: junior homonym of ''Isapis'' <small>Doubleday, 1847</small> [Lepidoptera]; ''Iselica'' is a replacement name) * ''Myonia'' <small>A. Adams, 1860</small>: synonym of ''Leucotina'' <small>A. Adams, 1860</small>
==Anatomy== The shells are usually flat without coiling. They usually have strong axial ribs. Ponder described giant neurons in the cerebral ganglion.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Ponder, W. F. (1987). The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet, Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology. 4: 1–34
== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 1-397]
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Category:Amathinidae Category:Taxa named by Winston Ponder