Omphalotrochidae

Omphalotrochidae
Omphalotrochidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Euomphaloidea
Family: Omphalotrochidae
Knight, 1945[1]
Genera

see text.

Omphalotrochidae is an extinct family of paleozoic molluscs (gastropods?) with anisostrophically coiled shells of uncertain position (Gastropoda?) (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[2] categorizes Omphalotrochidae in the superfamilia Euomphaloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs with anisostrophically coiled shells of uncertain position (Gastropoda?). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Omphalotrochidae include:

  • Omphalotrochus Meek, 1864 - type genus of the family Omphalotrochidae

References

  1. ^ Knight J. B. (November) 1945. Journal of Paleontology, 19(6). Page 573 and page 586.
  2. ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & 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