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Platyceratidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Higher classification
  
Platyceratoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Platyceratidae

Superfamily
  
†Platyceratoidea Hall, 1879

Similar
  
Platyceras, Craspedostomatidae, Neritimorpha

Platyceratidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family may belong in the Patellogastropoda or the Neritimorpha. The platyceratid gastropods are known for the complex symbiotic relationships they had with crinoids.

This is the only family in the superfamily Platyceratoidea.

Genera

  • Platyceras Conrad, 1840 - type genus
  • Palaeocapulus Grabau & Shimer, 1909
  • References

    Platyceratidae Wikipedia