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Tremanotidae is an extinct
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of Paleozoic
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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 with isostrophically coiled shells. They occupy an uncertain position
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: it is not known whether they were (
gastropods Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
(snails) 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 ...
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Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . . 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 categorizes Tremanotidae in the superfamilia
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 ...
within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora). This family has no subfamilies.


Genera

Genera in the family Tremanotidae include: * '' Tremanotus''
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, 1867 Hall J. 1868. ''Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara group''. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:305-352. -
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of the family Tremanotidae. Synonyms: ''Gyrotrema'', ''Tremagyrus''. ** '' Tremanotus angustata'' - synonym: ''Tremanotus alpheus''. ** '' Tremanotus aymestriensis'' ** '' Tremanotus chicagoensis'' ** '' Tremanotus civis'' ** '' Tremanotus compressus'' ** '' Tremanotus crassolare'' ** '' Tremanotus cyclocostatus'' ** '' Tremanotus deficiens'' ** '' Tremanotus dilatatus'' - synonym: ''Tremanotus girvanensis''. ** '' Tremanotus inopinata'' ** '' Tremanotus minutus'' ** '' Tremanotus nautiloidea'' ** '' Tremanotus nobile'' ** '' Tremanotus parvus'' ** '' Tremanotus pervoluta'' ** '' Tremanotus planorbis'' ** '' Tremanotus plicosum'' ** '' Tremanotus polygyratus'' ** '' Tremanotus portlocki'' ** '' Tremanotus pritchardi'' ** '' Tremanotus serpentinus'' ** '' Tremanotus trigonostoma'' ** '' Tremanotus tuboides'' * '' Boiotremus'' Horný, 1962 ** '' Boiotremus beraunensis'' ** '' Boiotremus caelatus'' ** '' Boiotremus distans'' ** '' Boiotremus fortis'' ** '' Boiotremus kosovensis'' ** '' Boiotremus longitudinalis'' (Lindström, 1884) - synonyms: ''Tremanotus longitudinalis'', ''Tremanotus incipiens'' * '' Goniotremus'' Horný, 1992 ** '' Goniotremus insectus'' - synonym: ''Goniotremus polygonus''. ** '' Goniotremus involutus''


References

Prehistoric gastropods Taxa named by Adolf Naef Mollusc families {{paleo-gastropod-stub