Cassiopidae
Extinct family of gastropods
Cassiopidae | |
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Three shells of Cassiope luxani, the coin is nearly 20 mm in diameter | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superorder: | Cerithiimorpha |
Family: | †Cassiopidae Beurlen, 1967 |
Synonyms | |
Glauconiidae Pchelintsev, 1953 (inv.) |
†Cassiopidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superorder Cerithiimorpha[1]
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Cassiopidae has no subfamilies.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
External links
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