Delphinulopsidae

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Delphinulopsidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritopsoidea
Family: Delphinulopsidae
Blodgett, Frýda & Stanley, 2001
Subgroups

See text.

Delphinulopsidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine, gastropod mollusks. [1]

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Taxonomy

According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Delphinulopsidae has no subfamilies. [1]

2007 taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in Delphinulopsidae by Bandel (2007): [2]

Genera

Genera within Delphinulopsidae include:

Delphinulopsinae

Platychilininae

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Bandel K. (2007). "Description and classification of Late Triassic Neritimorpha (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from the St Cassian Formation, Italian Alps". Bulletin of Geosciences 82(3): 215-274. doi : 10.3140/bull.geosci.2007.03.215.