Tremanotidae
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Tremanotidae 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 :...

) with isostrophically coiled shells.

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 Tremanotidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea
Bellerophontoidea
The Bellerophontoidea, , common name "bellerophonts", is a superfamily of extinct planospirally coiled globose molluscs, generally included in the Gastropoda that first appeared late in the Cambrian and continued until late in the Triassic.-Biology:Unlike normal gastropods, the shells of...

 within the
Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Tremanotidae include:
  • Tremanotus Hall
    James Hall (paleontologist)
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    , 1867 - type genus
    Type genus
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     of the family Tremanotidae. Synonyms: Gyrotrema, Tremagyrus.
    • Tremanotus angustata - synonym: Tremanotus alpheus.
    • Tremanotus aymestriensis
    • Tremanotus chicagoensis
    • Tremanotus civis
    • Tremanotus compressus
    • Tremanotus crassolare
    • Tremanotus cyclocostatus
    • Tremanotus deficiens
    • Tremanotus dilatatus - synonym: Tremanotus girvanensis.
    • Tremanotus inopinata
    • Tremanotus minutus
    • Tremanotus nautiloidea
    • Tremanotus nobile
    • Tremanotus parvus
    • Tremanotus pervoluta
    • Tremanotus planorbis
    • Tremanotus plicosum
    • Tremanotus polygyratus
    • Tremanotus portlocki
    • Tremanotus pritchardi
    • Tremanotus serpentinus
    • Tremanotus trigonostoma
    • Tremanotus tuboides
  • Boiotremus Horný, 1962
    • Boiotremus beraunensis
    • Boiotremus caelatus
    • Boiotremus distans
    • Boiotremus fortis
    • Boiotremus kosovensis
    • Boiotremus longitudinalis (Lindström, 1884) - synonyms: Tremanotus longitudinalis, Tremanotus incipiens
  • Goniotremus Horný, 1992
    • Goniotremus insectus - synonym: Goniotremus polygonus.
    • Goniotremus involutus
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