Murchisoniidae
Encyclopedia
Murchisoniidae is an extinct family
of fossil
gastropods in the superfamily Murchisonioidea
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
This family has no subfamilies.
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 fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
gastropods in the superfamily Murchisonioidea
Murchisonioidea
Murchisonioidea is an extinct superfamily of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.This superfamily was previously included in the Caenogastropoda by Ponder and Warén and by Bandel in studies published in 1993 and 1997. However, studies by Tracey et al. ...
(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...
).
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Murchisoniidae include:- Murchisonia d'Archiac & Verneuil, 1841, the type genus