Abstract

Abstract The family Velutinidae Gray, 1842 includes velutinid-like gastropods having a radular formula of 2 1 1 1 2 and a rectangular rachidian tooth. The family comprises three subfamilies: Capulacmaeinae Golikov & Gulbin, 1990. Velutininae Gray, 1842 and Onchidiopsinae Golikov & Gulbin, 1990 and includes 39 species and subspecies belonging to 17 genera and subgenera. This first paper deals with the subfamily Capulacmaeinae consisting of the two genera Piliscus Loven, 1859 including the species P. commodus (Middendorff), P. radiatus M. Sars, P. rostratus (Golikov & Gulbin), P. undulatus (Golikov & Gulbin) and Cilifera Golikov & Gulbin, 1990 with the species C. ciliata Golikov & Gulbin.

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