Palaeotrochoidea
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Palaeotrochidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the clade Neritimorpha
according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
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It is the only family in the superfamily Palaeotrochoidea.
This family has no subfamilies.
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, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the clade Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a taxonomic grouping, an unranked clade of snails, gastropod mollusks. This grouping includes land snails, sea snails, some deepwater limpets, and also freshwater snails...
according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (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...
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It is the only family in the superfamily Palaeotrochoidea.
This family has no subfamilies.