Biology:Metacerithiidae

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Short description: Extinct family of gastropods

Metacerithiidae
Temporal range: 145.5–55.8 Ma[1]
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Metacerithium balticum fossil at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen.
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Metacerithiidae

Cossmann, 1906
Synonyms

† Terebrellidae Delpey, 1941 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym )

Metacerithiidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Campaniloidea.[2]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Metacerithiidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera 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

  1. "†family Metacerithiidae Cossmann 1906 (snail)". Fossilworks, accessed 14 July 2016.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2). 
  3. 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6822409 entry