Omphalotrochidae
| Omphalotrochidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Euomphaloidea |
| Family: | Omphalotrochidae Knight, 1945[1] |
| Genera | |
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Omphalotrochidae is an extinct taxonomic family of Paleozoic molluscs (gastropods?) with anisostrophically coiled shells of uncertain position (Gastropoda?) (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[2] places Omphalotrochidae in the superfamilia Euomphaloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs with anisostrophically coiled shells of uncertain position (Gastropoda?). This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera in the family Omphalotrochidae include:
- Omphalotrochus Meek, 1864 - type genus of the family Omphalotrochidae
References
- ↑ Knight J. B. (November) 1945. Journal of Paleontology, 19(6). Page 573 and page 586.
- ↑ Bouchet 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. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278