Scenelloidea

Scenelloidea
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Late Ordovician
Scenella from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, Walcott Quarry, near Field, British Columbia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda or Monoplacophora
Superfamily: Scenelloidea

Scenelloidea is an extinct superfamily of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).[1]

Families

Based on the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)[2] families in the Scenelloidea include:

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
  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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