Nerineidae

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Nerineidae
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Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian).
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Nerineoidea
Family: Nerineidae
Zittel, 1873

Nerineidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia. [1]

Genera

Genera within the family Nerineidae include:

Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian). Close-up view of interior. Bactroptyxis trachaea Close 041811.jpg
Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian). Close-up view of interior.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).