''Phragmolites'' is an extinct genus of molluscs in the family
Bucaniidae
Bucaniidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position possibly being either gastropods or monoplacophorans in the superfamily Bellerophontoidea. The family lived from the Lower Ordovician to the Devonian and have shells in ...
, paleozoic
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s of uncertain position possibly being either
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 ...
s or
Monoplacophora
Shell of Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora , meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of molluscs with a cap-like shell, inhabiting deep sea environments. Extant representatives were not recognized as such until 1952; previously they wer ...
ns in the superfamily
Bellerophontoidea
Bellerophontoidea, common name "bellerophonts",Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malaco ...
.
''P. elegans'' Miller 1874 (syn. ''Conradella elegans'', ''
Cyrtolites elegans'') is from the Ordovician of Ohio.
Species
''Phragmolites bellulus, Phragmolites cellulosus, Phragmolites compressus'' (type), ''Phragmolites desideratus, Phragmolites dyeri, Phragmolites elegans'', ''Phragmolites excavatus, Phragmolites fimbriata, Phragmolites girvanensis, Phragmolites huoliensis, Phragmolites hyperboreus, Phragmolites imbricata, Phragmolites lindstroemi, Phragmolites multinotatus, Phragmolites obliquus, Phragmolites pannosus, Phragmolites phaecus, Phragmolites sladensis, Phragmolites slawsoni, Phragmolites suarezi, Phragmolites triangularis''
See also
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List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record
References
External links
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Bucaniidae
Prehistoric mollusc genera
Paleozoic life of Ontario
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Paleozoic life of Quebec
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