- Metacerithiidae
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Metacerithiidae Metacerithium balticum fossil at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade SorbeoconchaSuperfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Metacerithiidae
Cossmann, 1906Metacerithiidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[1]
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Metacerithiidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Metacerithiidae include:
- Metacerithium - the type genus
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).
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