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Protorculidae

†Protorculidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Caenogastropoda.

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Protorculidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Pseudozygopleuroidea
Family: Protorculidae
Bandel, 1991[1]

Protorculidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Caenogastropoda.1

Genera

Genera within the family Protoculidae include:[2]

  • Anulifera
  • Battenizyga
  • Chulitnacula
  • Moerkeia
  • Protorcula
References

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).