Pterothecidae

Pterothecidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda or Monoplacophora
Superfamily: Bellerophontoidea
Family: Pterothecidae
P. Fischer, 1883[1]
Genera

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Pterothecidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position, either Gastropoda or Monoplacophora, with isostrophically coiled shells.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[2] categorizes Pterothecidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera

Genera in the family Pterothecidae include:

References

  1. (French) Fischer P. (21 February) 1883. Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique. (5). Page 432.
  2. 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


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