Pseudorthonychiidae
Appearance
Pseudorthonychiidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | †Pseudorthonychiidae |
Genus: | †Pseudorthonychia |
Pseudorthonychiidae is an extinct, monogeneric (contains only one genus) family of fossil snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera
The sole genus in this family is:
- Pseudorthonychia Bandel & Frýda, 1999
References
Wikispecies has information related to Pseudorthonychiidae.
- Paleobiology database entry
- K. Bandel and J. Frýda. 1999. Notes on the evolution and higher classification of the subclass Neritimorpha (Gastropoda) with the description of some new taxa. Geologica et Palaeontologica 33(2):219-235