Ladamarekiidae is an extinct family

Family

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 of Paleozoic fossil

Fossil

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 molluscs of uncertain position. it is not known if they are sea snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s (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

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Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

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 categorizes Ladamarekiidae within the
Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera and species

Genera and species in the family Ladamarekiidae include:

• Ladamarekia Horný, 1992 - type genus
  Type genus
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   of the family Ladamarekiidae
  • Ladamarekia miranda Horný, 1992
• Jardamarekia Frýda et al., 2011
  • Jardamarekia enigma Frýda et al., 2011