Neritopsidae is a
family
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of small
sea snail
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s and
freshwater snail
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s in the clade
Cycloneritimorpha
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(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossils. The few species which are extant are sometimes termed "
living fossils
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".
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
*
Neritopsinae Gray, 1847
* †
Naticopsinae Waagen, 1880 - synonym: Hologyridae Kittl, 1899
* †
Paffrathiinae Heidelberg, 2001
2007 taxonomy
Bandel (2007)
[Bandel K. (2007). "Description and classification of Late Triassic Neritimorpha (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the St Cassian Formation, Italian Alps". '']Bulletin of Geosciences
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'' 82(3): 215-274. . have established two new subfamilies. But he recognizes Naticopsinae at family level as
Naticopsidae with newly created subfamilies in it.
*
Neritopsinae Gray, 1847
* †
Paffrathiinae Heidelberg, 2001 - to be clarified if Bandel recognized this family. It is not mentioned in his work Bandel (2007).
* †
Cassianopsinae Bandel, 2007
* †
Colubrellopsinae Bandel, 2007
Genera
Genera within the family Neritopsidae include:
The only extant genera are ''
Neritopsis'' and ''
Pluviostilla'' from subfamily Neritopsinae.
Subfamily Neritopsinae
* ''
Neritopsis''
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, 1832
* ''
Pluviostilla'' Kase & Kano, 1999
*Genus † ''
Bandelopsis'' Frýda, Blodgett & Stanley, 2003
** † ''
Bandelopsis oregonensis''
*Genus † ''
Byzantia'' Kosnik, 1997
** † ''
Byzantia obliqua''
*Genus † ''
Dahmeria''
*Genus † ''
Devononerita''
** † ''
Devononerita brevis''
** † ''
Devononerita brevispira''
** † ''
Devononerita megalacantha''
** † ''
Devononerita typica''
*Genus † ''
Hungariella''
*Genus † ''
Neritoptyx''
*Genus † ''
Nuetzelopsis''
** † ''
Nuetzelopsis orchardi''
** † ''
Nuetzelopsis tozeri''
*Genus † ''
Praeturbonitella''
** † ''
Praeturbonitella kochi''
*Genus † ''
Trachydomia''
** † ''
Trachydomia newelli''
** † ''
Trachydomia nodosa''
** † ''
Trachydomia oweni''
** † ''
Trachydomia raymondi''
** † ''
Trachydomia turbonitella''
** † ''
Trachydomia whitei''
*Genus † ''
Trachyspira''
*Genus † ''
Turbonitella''
** † ''
Turbonitella biserialis''
** † ''
Turbonitella fraterna''
** † ''
Turbonitella humilis''
** † ''
Turbonitella ovoides''
** † ''
Turbonitella primula''
** † ''
Turbonitella proligera''
** † ''
Turbonitella pusilla''
** † ''
Turbonitella semisulcatus''
** † ''
Turbonitella strialata''
** † ''
Turbonitella trunculinoda''
** † ''
Turbonitella tuberculata''
** † ''
Turbonitella ussheri''
*Genus † ''
Wallowiella'' Frýda, Blodgett & Stanley, 2003
** † ''
Wallowiella vallieri''
*Genus † ''
Weitschatopsis'' Frýda, Blodgett & Stanley, 2003
** † ''
Weitschatopsis pulchra''

Subfamily †
Naticopsinae
*Genus † ''
Damesia''
*Genus † ''
Dicosmos''
*Genus † ''
Frombachia''
*Genus † ''
Jedria''
** † ''
Jedria deckeri''
** † ''
Jedria meeki''
** † ''
Jedria ventrica''
*Genus † ''
Naticopsis
''Naticopsis'' is an extinct genus of small sea snails belonging to the family Neritopsidae.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian to the Triassic periods (from about 412.3 to 242.0 million years ago). Fossils ...
'' McCoy, 1844
*Genus † ''
Pachyomphalus''
*Genus † ''
Planospirina''
*Genus † ''
Pseudoplagiothyra''
** † ''
Pseudoplagiothyra praecursor''
*Genus † ''
Vernelia''
subfamily †
Cassianopsinae - from
Late Triassic
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* † ''
Cassianopsis'' Bandel, 2007 - type genus of the subfamily Cassianopsinae
** ''
Cassianopsis armata'' (Münster, 1841) - synonym: ''
Naticella armata'' Münster, 1841 - type species
** ''
Cassianopsis decussata'' (Münster, 1841) - synonyms: ''Naticella decussata'' Münster, 1841; ''Naticella nodulosa'' Münster, 1841; ''Naticella cincta'' Klipstein, 1843; ''
Neritopsis decussata''; ''Palaeonarica cancellata'' Kittl, 1892; ''Palaeonarica hologyriformis'' Blaschke, 1905
* † ''
Zardiniopsis'' Bandel, 2007
** ''
Zardiniopsis subornata'' (Münster, 1841) - synonym: ''Naticella subornata'' Münster, 1841 - type species
* † ''
Fossariopsis'' Laube, 1869
** ''
Fossariopsis rugosocarinata'' (Klipstein, 1843) - type species
subfamily † Colubrellopsinae
* ''
Colubrellopsis'' Bandel, 2007 - type genus
** ''
Colubrellopsis acuticostata'' (Klipstein, 1843) - synonym: ''Naticella acuticostata'' Klipstein, 1843 - type species
subfamily ?
* † ''
Bipartopsis'' Gründel, Keupp & Lang, 2015
* † ''
Hayamia'' Kase, 1980
* † ''
Hayamiella'' Kase, 1984
[Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Hayamiella'' Kase, 1984 †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865734 on 2017-11-06]
References
External links
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Taxa named by John Edward Gray