Plagiothyridae is an extinct
family
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of
fossil
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Neritopsoidea
Neritopsoidea is a taxonomic grouping, a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha, within the clade Neritimorpha, (according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), or in the order Neritoina within superorder Cycl ...
.
Genera
Genera in the family Plagiothyridae include
* ''
Dirachis''
* ''
Grabinopsis''
* ''
Littorinides''
* ''
Plagiothyra'', the type genus
References
Prehistoric gastropods
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