Metacerithiidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Campaniloidea.[2]
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| Metacerithium balticum fossil at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen. | |
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| Family: | Metacerithiidae Cossmann, 1906
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† Terebrellidae Delpey, 1941 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym ) | |
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Metacerithiidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
editGenera within the family Metacerithiidae include:
- † Diatrypesis Tomlin, 1929
- † Metacerithium Cossmann, 1906[3] - the type genus
- † Nerineopsis Cossmann, 1906
- Synonyms
- † Terebrella Andreae, 1887 : synonym of † Diatrypesis Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Terebrella Maltzan, 1887; Trypetes Tomlin, 1929, is a replacement name)
- † Trypetes Tomlin, 1929 : synonym of † Diatrypesis Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Trypetes Schenck, 1859; Diatrypesis is a replacement name)
References
edit- ^ "†family Metacerithiidae Cossmann 1906 (snail)". Fossilworks, accessed 14 July 2016.
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Cossmann (1906). Essais Paléoconch. 7: 54.
- Delpey, G. (1941). Gastéropodes marins. Paléontologie, stratigraphie. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. new ser., 19(3−4), Mémoire 43: 144 pp., 28 pls.
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