Plagiothyridae

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Plagiothyridae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritopsoidea
Family: Plagiothyridae
Knight, 1956 [1]

Plagiothyridae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Neritopsoidea. [2]

Genera

Genera in the family Plagiothyridae include:

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References

  1. "Paleobiology Database: Plagiothyridae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).