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Archinacellidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
†Archinacelloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Archinacellidae

Class
  
Gastropoda or Monoplacophora

Similar
  
Bellerophontidae, Tryblidiida, Helcionelloida, Rostroconchia, Monoplacophora

†Archinacellidae is an extinct family of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).

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Description

These are cap-shaped fossil shells.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 categorizes Archinacellidae in the superfamilia Archinacelloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Archinacellidae include:

  • Archinacella Ulrich & Scofield, 1897 - type genus of the family Archinacellidae
  • Archinacella powersi Ulrich & Scofield, 1897 - type species
  • Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865)
  • Barrandicella Peel & Horný, 1999
  • Barrandicellopsis Horný, 2000
  • Barrandicellopsis ovata - synonym: Archinacella ovata Barrande in Perner, 1903 - Archinacella ovata var. elevata Barrande in Perner, 1903 - type species, Middle Ordovician from Bohemia
  • Barrandicellopsis extenuata - synonym: Orthonychia extenuata Barrande in Perner, 1903 - probably belongs to genus Barrandicellopsis, Middle Ordovician from Bohemia

    • References

    Archinacellidae Wikipedia
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