Microdomatidae

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Microdomatidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Microdomatidae
Wenz, 1938
Genera and species

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Microdomatidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Taxonomy

This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera

Genera within the family Microdomatidae include:

Subfamily Microdomatinae: [1]

Subfamily Decorospirinae:

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References

  1. "Microdomatinae". Paleobiology Database. Accessed 17 April 2010.