Prostyliferidae

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Prostyliferidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Prostyliferidae
Bandel, 1992

Prostyliferidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. [1]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Prostyliferidae has no subfamilies.

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Philippe Bouchet French biologist

Philippe Bouchet is a French biologist whose primary scientific fields of study are malacology and taxonomy. He works at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He is also a Commissioner of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

References

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