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Palaeotrochidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Palaeotrochidae

Superfamily
  
†PalaeotrochoideaKnight, 1956

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Palaeotrochidae is an extinct family of fossil snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Neritimorpha according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This is the only family in the superfamily Palaeotrochoidea. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Paleotrochidae include:

  • Palaeotrochus Hall, 1879 - type genus
  • Floyda Webster, 1905
  • Turbonopsis Grabau and Shimer 1909
  • Westerna Webster, 1905
  • Westwooditrochus Cook 1998

    • References

    Palaeotrochidae Wikipedia
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