Pseudomelaniidae

Extinct family of gastropods

Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania elegantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Pseudomelanioidea
Family:
Pseudomelaniidae

R. Hoernes, 1884

Pseudomelaniidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Pseudomelaniidae include:

  • Angulasina Gründel, 2012[2]
  • Bourgetia Terquem & Jourdy, 1870[3]
  • Fusoidella Wenz, 1938[2]
  • Hudlestonella Cossmann, 1909[2]
  • Liocium Gabb, 1869[2]
  • Malbalnella Korotkov, 1994[2]
  • Mesospira Cossmann, 1892[2]
  • Paosia Böhm, 1895[2]
  • Pericarinata Pan, 1982[2]
  • Pseudomelania Pictet & Campiche, 1862 - the type genus[2]
  • Ramina - synonym: Rama Böhm, 1895[2]
    • Ramina ptychitica Kittl, 1894[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Family Pseudomelaniidae Cossmann 1909 (snail)". Fossilworks, accessed 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ Szabó J. & Jaitly A. K. (2004). "Contributions to the Jurassic of Kachchh, western India VIII. The gastropod fauna. Part II: Discohelicidae, Neritomorpha, Caenogastropoda". Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 22: 9–26. PDF[permanent dead link].
Taxon identifiers
Pseudomelaniidae


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