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Protoconchoididae

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Extinct family of gastropods

Protoconchoididae
Protoconchoides varians fossil, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda or Monoplacophora
Family: Protoconchoididae
Geyer, 1994
Genera

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Protoconchoididae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain taxonomic position, i.e. they were either (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 categorizes Protoconchoididae within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Protoconchoididae include:

References

  1. Geyer G. 1994. New York State Museum, Geological Survey, Bulletin, 481: 81.
  2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
Taxon identifiers
Protoconchoididae


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