Pileolidae
| Pileolidae Temporal range: 167.7–99.6Ma Bathonian to Late Albian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | †Pileolidae Bandel, Grünndel & Maxwell, 2000 |
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Pileolidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.[1] This family is related to the extant family Neritidae, the nerites. The family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Genera
The genus Pileolus[2] is found in Cretaceous age deposits in Europe, and Jurassic age deposits in New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).
- ↑ Özdikmen, H. (2009). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families" (PDF). Mun. Ent. Zool. 4 (1): 233–256.