Archaeopragidae
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Archaeopragidae is an extinct family
Family
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 of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda
Gastropoda
The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to quite large...

 or 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 :...

).

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 Archaeopragidae in the superfamilia Archinacelloidea
Archinacelloidea
†Archinacelloidea is an extinct superfamily of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position ....

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

Genera

Genera in the family Archaeopragidae include:
  • Archaeopraga Horný, 1963 - type genus
    Type genus
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    of the family Archaeopragidae
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