Acteonellidae
Encyclopedia
Acteonellidae is an extinct family
of gastropods in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of gastropods in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly-evolved sea slugs and sea snails, within the clade Heterobranchia...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
).
Taxonomy
- Acteonellinae
- ActeonellaActeonellaActeonella is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the extinct family Acteonellidae.The genus is known from the Cretaceous period.- Species :Species within the genus Acteonella include:...
d'OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
, 1843 - type genusType genusIn biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological... - TrochactaeonTrochactaeonTrochactaeon is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Cretaceous periods.- Species :* Trochactaeon conicus - late Cretaceous...
Meek, 1863
- Acteonella
- Cylindrobullininae Wenz, 1938
- Itieriinae Cossmann, 1896