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

'''Cataegidae''' is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). ''Cataegidae''. Accessed through: 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'' (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 according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 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'' <small>McLean & Quinn, 1987</small> * ''Kanoia'' <small>Warén & Rouse, 2016</small> * ''Nemocataegis'' <small>Hickman, 2017</small>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==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