Gastropoda - Fissurelloidea - Fissurellidae

Alternative spelling: Emarginulidae

Synonym: Hemitominae Kuroda et al. 1971

Full reference: J. G. Children. 1834. Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum 28

Parent taxon: Fissurellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Altrix, Austriacopsis, Fissurellinae, Hemitoma, Leurolepas, Lucapina, Lucapinella, Nesta, Parmophorus, Puncturella, Subemarginula, Zeidora

Subtaxa: Agariste, Clypidina, Diodorini, Emarginulini, Emersonia, Entomella, Fissurellideini, Fissuridea, Loxotoma, Notomella, Retshitsella, Rimularia, Rimulopsis, Scutini, Tugali

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Type: Emarginula

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer