Aldanellidae is an extinct family

Family

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 of paleozoic molluscs that have been assigned to the Gastropod stem group but may also belong to a paraphyletic "Monoplacophora

Monoplacophora

Monoplacophora, meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of mollusks with a cap-like shell, living on the bottom of deep sea. Extant representatives were unknown until 1952; previously they were known only from the fossil record.- Definition :...

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2005 taxonomy

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...

 categorizes Aldanellidae in the superfamilia Pelagielloidea

Pelagielloidea

Pelagielloidea is an extinct superfamily of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position ....

 within the
Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family has no subfamilies.

2006–2007 taxonomy

According to the P. Yu. Parkhaev, is the Pelagiellidae the family in the order Pelagiellifomes MacKinnon, 1985 within the subclass Archaeobranchia Parkhaev, 2001 in the class Helcionelloida

Helcionelloida

Helcionelloida is the name given to an extinct group of ancient molluscs . These are the oldest known conchiferan molluscs, that is, they had a mineralised shell. Some members of this class were mistaken for Monoplacophorans. The class was erected by Peel in 1991.-Anatomy:These animals were...

 Peel, 1991.

Genera

Genera in the family Aldanellidae include:

• Aldanella Vostokova, 1962 – type genus
  Type genus
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  of the family Aldanellidae