Scenelloidea
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Scenelloidea is an extinct superfamily of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda
or Monoplacophora
).
families in the Scenelloidea include:
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 :...
).
Families
Based on 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...
families in the Scenelloidea include:
- † Scenellidae
- † CoreospiridaeCoreospiridaeCoreospiridae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position taxonomically. They might be snails or they might be monoplacophorans, Gastropoda or Monoplacophora.- 2005 taxonomy :...
- † IgarkiellidaeIgarkiellidaeIgarkiella is the sole genus of Igarkiellidae, an extinct family of Paleozoic fossil molluscs of uncertain position.- 2005 taxonomy :The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 categorizes Igarkiellidae in the superfamilia Scenelloidea within thePaleozoic molluscs of uncertain...