''Agathodonta'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Chilodontaidae
Chilodontaidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
The family was previously in ...
.
They are only known as fossils.
Species
Species within the genus ''Agathodonta'' include:
* †''
Agathodonta dentigera''
( Deshayes, 1842)
*''Agathodonta elongata''
Vilvens, 2001: synonym of ''
Clypeostoma elongatum''
(Vilvens, 2001)
*''Agathodonta meteorae''
Neubert, 1998 ''
Clypeostoma meteorae''
(Neubert, 1998)
*''Agathodonta nortoni''
McLean, 1984:
synonym of ''
Clypeostoma nortoni''
(McLean, 1984)
References
Chilodontaidae
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