Neritopsidae | |
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Neritopsis radula shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Superfamily: | Neritopsoidea |
Family: | Neritopsidae Gray, 1847 |
Neritopsidae is a family of small sea snails and freshwater snails in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossils. The few species which are extant are sometimes termed "living fossils". [1]
This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Bandel (2007) [2] have established two new subfamilies. But he recognizes Naticopsinae at family level as Naticopsidae with newly created subfamilies in it. [2]
Genera within the family Neritopsidae include:
The only extant genera are Neritopsis and Pluviostilla from subfamily Neritopsinae.
Subfamily Neritopsinae
Subfamily † Naticopsinae
subfamily † Cassianopsinae - from Late Triassic [2]
subfamily † Colubrellopsinae
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