# Cataegidae

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{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Cataegidae
| image = Cataegis godineauensis.png
| image_caption = fossil ''[Cataegis godineauensis](/source/Cataegis_godineauensis)'' from the late Miocene
| authority = [McLean](/source/James_Hamilton_McLean) & Quinn, 1987
| synonyms_ref = 
| synonyms = 
}}

'''Cataegidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of small [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [superfamily](/source/Superfamily_(biology)) [Seguenzioidea](/source/Seguenzioidea).<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Cataegidae''. Accessed through:  [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382167 on 2013-03-17</ref><ref name="Kano 2009">Kano Y., Chikyu E. & Warén A. (2009) "Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus ''[Adeuomphalus](/source/Adeuomphalus)'' (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' '''75''': 397-418. {{doi|10.1093/mollus/eyp037}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
===2005 taxonomy===
Cataegidae was classified as the subfamily Cataeginae within [Chilodontidae](/source/Chilodontidae_(gastropods)) according to the [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005)).

=== 2009 taxonomy ===
Kano et al. (2009) elevated the subfamily Cataeginae to the family level.<ref name="Kano 2009"/>

==Genera==
Genera within the family Cataegidae include:
* ''[Cataegis](/source/Cataegis)'' <small>McLean & Quinn, 1987</small>
* ''[Kanoia](/source/Kanoia)'' <small>Warén & Rouse, 2016</small>
* ''[Nemocataegis](/source/Nemocataegis)'' <small>Hickman, 2017</small>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382167 To World Register of Marine Species]
* [http://eol.org/pages/17241798/overview To Encyclopedia of Life]

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Category:Cataegidae
Category:Taxa named by James Hamilton McLean

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