Luciellidae

Extinct family of gastropods

Luciellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Eotomarioidea
Family:
Luciellidae

Knight, 1956[1]

Luciellidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Luciellidae include: [1]

  • Luciella, the type genus and
  • Echinocirrus
  • Epiptychia
  • Platyconus
  • Playfordia
  • Prosolarium
  • Zhuslennngospira

References

  1. ^ Knight J. B. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2): 41-42.
  • PaleoBiology Database info, February 16, 2010
Taxon identifiers
Luciellidae


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