Metacerithiidae is an
extinct
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family
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of
fossil
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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
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the superfamily
Campaniloidea
The Campaniloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The Campaniloidea are unassigned in the clade Caenogastropoda.
Taxonomy
The following four families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
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.
According to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Metacerithiidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Metacerithiidae include:
* † ''
Diatrypesis''
Tomlin, 1929
* † ''
Metacerithium''
Cossmann, 1906[Cossmann (1906). ''Essais Paléoconch.'' 7: 54.] - the type genus
* † ''
Nerineopsis''
Cossmann, 1906
;Synonyms:
* † ''Terebrella''
Andreae, 1887 : synonym of † ''
Diatrypesis''
Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Terebrella Maltzan, 1887; Trypetes Tomlin, 1929, is a replacement name)
* † ''Trypetes''
Tomlin, 1929 : synonym of † ''
Diatrypesis''
Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Trypetes Schenck, 1859; Diatrypesis is a replacement name)
References
* Delpey, G. (1941). Gastéropodes marins. Paléontologie, stratigraphie. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. new ser., 19(3−4), Mémoire 43: 144 pp., 28 pls.
External links
Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls.
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