Helicotomidae

Helicotomidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: †Euomphaloidea
Family: †Helicotomidae
Wenz, 1938
Genera

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Helicotomidae 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 categorizes Helicotomidae 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 Helicotomidae include:

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Wenz W. A. (March) 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6(1). Page 117.
  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
  3. ↑ Helicotomidae. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 13 August 2009.