Haminoeidae

Haminoeidae
	live Haminoea sp.
	A shell of Haminoea zelandiae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Cohort:	Tectipleura
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Haminoeoidea
Family:	Haminoeidae; Pilsbry, 1895
Synonyms
	Atydidae Thiele, 1925 (ranked as subfamily of Haminoeidae); Atydinae Thiele, 1925· accepted, alternate representation; Bullactidae Thiele, 1926; Hamineidae (Spelling variation); Haminoeinae Pilsbry, 1895· accepted, alternate representation; Smaragdinellidae Thiele, 1925;

Haminoeidae, commonly known as the haminoeid bubble snail family, is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Haminoeoidea.

The name of this family has long been controversial, and used to be Atyidae or Atydidae. Another, but incorrect, spelling was Haminaeidae (See (ICZN) 2000. Opinion 1942).

A number of genera have been proposed for this family, but the species are hard to identify (or sometimes impossible to identify) by looking only at the external characteristics. Until the internal anatomy of 'wet' specimens has been fully described, the status of many of the genera listed here is uncertain.

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