Pediculariinae

Simone (2004) placed some genera in the family Pediculariidae which were previously in the family Ovulidae. Comparison of the shell, radula and morphology suggested a closer phylogenetic relationship to the Pediculariidae than to the Lamellariidae, the Eratoidae/Triviidae, or the Ovulidae. raised the subfamily Pediculariinae to the level of family as Pediculariidae, based on morphological research on the radulae, the shell, the soft part morphology and molecular phylogeny research on the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. == Genera ==

The subfamily Pediculariinae contains the following tribes and genera: • tribe Cypraediini Schilder, 1927 • † Cypraedia Swainson, 1840 • † Eucypraedia Schilder, 1939 • Jenneria Jousseaume, 1884 • Pseudocypraea Schilder, 1925 • tribe Pediculariini Gray, 1853 • † Cypraeopsis Schilder, 1936 • Lunovula Rosenberg, 1990 • Pedicularia Swainson, 1840 • Pedicypraedia Lorenz, 2009 • not assigned to a tribe • † Cypropterina de Gregorio, 1880 • † Lozouetina Dolin & Dockery, 2018 • † Olianatrivia Dolin, Biosca-Munts & Parcerisa, 2013 • † Transovula de Gregorio, 1880 == Description ==

The species in this subfamily differ in a radical way from other species in the Ovulidae by the morphology of the first and second marginal teeth in their radula. While these are symmetrical (and even palmaceous) in the Ovulidae, they are asymmetrical, as can be seen in Pseudocypraea adamsonii Sowerby, 1832 (formed like a swatter) or in Jenneria pustulata and Pedicularia sicula (formed like a whip). == Feeding habits ==

These sea snails feed on stony corals (Scleractinia) and hydrozoans. == References ==