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Temnotropidae

Temnotropidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Haliotoidea, the abalone and their allies. This family has no subfamilies.

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Temnotropidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Temnotropidae
Cox, 1960

Temnotropidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Haliotoidea, the abalone and their allies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Temnotropidae include:

  • Temnotropis, the type genus [1]
References

References

  • Cox, L. R. (1960). Thoughts on the classification of the Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 33(6): 239−261
  • Paleobiology database info [2]