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Abyssochrysidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Abyssochrysoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Abyssochrysidae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Provannidae, Abyssochrysos melanioides, Iravadiidae, Provanna, Cingulopsidae

Abyssochrysidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Taxonomy

The family Abyssochrysidae was previously placed in the "Zygopleuroid group" (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

In 2008, the sister group Provannidae was moved into the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea Tomlin, 1927 by Kain et al. and the family Abyssochrysidae was also moved into the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.

Genera

Genera within this family include:

  • Acanthostrophia
  • Acanthostrophia acanthica - a fossil from the Jurassic of Italy, and the oldest known species in the family Abyssochrysidae.
  • Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927 - the type genus of the family
  • Humptulipsia Kiel, 2008
  • Humptulipsia raui (Goedert & Kaler, 1996) - synonym: Abyssochrysos raui Goedert & Kaler, 1996 - a fossil species from the Eocene

    • References

    Abyssochrysidae Wikipedia
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