Nerineidae

Extinct family of gastropods

Nerineidae
Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Nerineoidea
Family:
Nerineidae

Zittel, 1873

The Nerineidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Nerineidae include:

  • Nerinea, the type genus
  • Bactroptyxis
Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian). Close-up view of interior.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  • The Taxonomicon
Taxon identifiers
Nerineidae


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