Platyceratidae
| Platyceratidae Temporal range:
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| Conical platyceratid gastropod (Palaeocapulus acutirostre) attached to a crinoid (Mississippian of Ohio) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Platyceratoidea Hall, 1879 |
| Family: | †Platyceratidae Hall, 1879 |
Platyceratidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family may belong in the Patellogastropoda or the Neritimorpha.[2] The platyceratid gastropods are known for the complex symbiotic relationships they had with crinoids.[3]
This is the only family in the superfamily Platyceratoidea.
Genera
- Platyceras Conrad, 1840 - type genus
- Palaeocapulus Grabau & Shimer, 1909
References
- ^ Wagner, P. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Earliest Anisostrophically Coiled Gastropods". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 88: 1–152. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.88.1.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Sutton, M. D.; Briggs, D. E. G.; Siveter, D. J.; Siveter, D. J. (2006). "Fossilized soft tissues in a Silurian platyceratid gastropod". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 273 (1590): 1039. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3403. PMC 1560260. PMID 16600878.
- ^ Baumiller, T. K. (2003). "Evaluating the interaction between platyceratid gastropods and crinoids; a cost-benefit approach". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 201 (3–4): 199–209. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00625-4.
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