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AsiPHONATA Macgillivray, 1843
Reference: A history of the molluscous animals:
5^, 122
Remarks: A "section" of the order Pectinibran-
chiata containing the families Paludinidae,
Naticidae, Turbinidae, Tornatellidae, and Sig-
aretidae.
AsiPHONOBRANCHiATA Blalnvjlle, 1824
Reference: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles,
32: 222
Remarks: Established as an order containing
the families Goniostomata, Cricostomata, Ellipsostomata,
Hemicyclostoma, and Oxysto-
mata.
Aspidobranchia Schweigger, 1820
Reference: Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der
skelettlosen ungegliederten Thiere: 720
Remarks: A taxon of unspecified rank, equiva-
lent to Cuvier's "Scutibranches", containing
Calyptraea, Carinarla, Navicella, Cimber,
Emarginula, Fissurella, Umbrella, Crepidula,
Capulus, and Haliotis. Treated as an order by
Menke (1 828: 51 ), and as a family (not available
as such: not based on a genus) by Bur-
meister (1837: 498). See also Pseudophallia.
AspiDocEPHALA P. Fischer, 1883 [20 Decem-
ber]
Reference: Manuel de conchyliologie et de
paléontologie conchyliologique, (6): 550
Remarks: An alternative name for Cephalaspi-
dea.
AspiDOPHORA P. Fischer, 1884 [30 June]
Reference: Manuel de conchyliologie et de
paléontologie conchyliologique, (7): 652-653
Remarks: A subdivision of Taenioglossa con-
taining the family Naticidae only.
AsTREPSiNEURÉs Lacaze-Duthiers, Il
Reference: Comptes Rendus des Séances de
l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 106: 724
Remarks: Vernacular name only. Established
as a subclass containing the orders "Noto-
neurés", "Gastroneurés", and "Pleuroneurés".
Athoracophorida Minichev & Starobogatov,
1975
Reference: Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po
uzucheniiu molliuskov, 5: 10
Remarks: Established at the rank of order, as a
substitute name forTracheopulmonata. Spell-
ing emended to Athoracophoriformes [de-
clared nom. nov.] by Starobogatov (in Amitrov,
1984:39).
NOMENCLÁTOR OF GASTROPOD FAMILIES 193
Atlantacea Ray Lankester, 1883
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica, ed. 9,
16:653
Remarks: Established as a suborder includ-
ing the genera Atlanta and Oxygyrus. Spelling
and rank emended by Golikov &
Starobogatov (1 981 :
1 69) to order Atlantida,
as a substitute name for Heteropoda.
AtyaceaT. E. Thompson, 1976
Reference: Biology of opisthobranch molluscs,
1:18
Remarks: Established as a suborder containing
the family Atyidae, itself containing Atys
and Haminea.
AtypoglossaGíII, 1871
Reference: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections,
227: 6
Remarks: A division of the suborder Rachiglossa
containing the family Columbellidae only.
AuLACOGNATHA Mörch, 1859
Reference: Malakozoologische Blätter, 6: 109
Remarks: Established as a family containing
Euryomphala, Bradybaena, Sagda, Cochlicel-
la. Rumina, Pupa, and Clausilia. Spelling
emended to Aulocognatha by Hutton (1884:
1 88, 1 90), as a "sub-section" containing Helicidae
and Charopidae.
AuLACopoDA Pilsbry, 1896 [3 February]
Reference: The Nautilus, 9(10): 110
Remarks: Established as a superfamily. Pilsbry
(1900: 563) listed Zonitidae, Limacidae,
Endodontidae, Arionidae, and Philomycidae
in the contents. Treated by Boss (1982:
1 074, 1 094) as an infra-order containing the
superfamiliesArionoidea, Limacoidea, "and
probably Testacelloidea".
Aulobranchiata van der Hoeven, 1850. See
family list.
Auxogastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 2001
Reference: [in Mizzaro-Wimmer & Salvini-Plawen]
Praktische Malakologie: 65, 71
Remarks: Established as a superorder containing
the orders Archaeogastropoda and Apo-
gastropoda.
Azygobranchia Spengel, 1881
Reference: Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche
Zoologie, 35(3): 372
Remarks: Established as a suborder of Streptoneura.
Rank emended to order by Ray
Lankester (1883: 648).