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 Hutton, 1877

• † Monalaria Marwick, 1924

• Pelicaria Gray, 1857

• Perissodonta Martens, 1878

• Struthiolaria Lamarck, 1816

• Tylospira Harris, 1897

• Synonyms:

• † Antarctodarwinella Zinsmeister, 1976 : synonym of Perissodonta E. von Martens, 1878

• † Singletonaria Marwick, 1952: synonym of Tylospira G. F. Harris, 1897 (junior subjective synonym)

• † Struthiolarella Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908: synonym of Perissodonta E. von Martens, 1878

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