Pseudomelaniidae

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Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania elegantula - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC06999.JPG
Pseudomelania elegantula
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Pseudomelaniidae

R. Hoernes, 1884

Pseudomelaniidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda. [1]

Genera

Genera within the family Pseudomelaniidae include:

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References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Family Pseudomelaniidae Cossmann 1909 (snail)". Fossilworks, accessed 11 June 2016.
  3. Szabó J. & Jaitly A. K. (2004). "Contributions to the Jurassic of Kachchh, western India VIII. The gastropod fauna. Part II: Discohelicidae, Neritomorpha, Caenogastropoda". Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica22: 9–26. PDF [ permanent dead link ].