Elasmonematidae

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Elasmonematidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Elasmonematidae
Knight, 1956 [1]
Genera and species

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Elasmonematidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within this family include:

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References

  1. Knight J. B. (1956). "New families of Gastropoda". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2): 41-42.