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Pileolidae

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Extinct family of gastropods

Pileolidae
Temporal range: 167.7–99.6 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Bathonian to Late Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Pileolidae
Bandel, Grünndel & Maxwell, 2000
Species

Pileolidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. This family is related to the extant family Neritidae, the nerites. The family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Genera

The genus Pileolus is found in Cretaceous age deposits in Europe, and Jurassic age deposits in New Zealand.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. Özdikmen, H. (2009). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 233–256.
Taxon identifiers
Pileolidae


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