Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Campaniloidea
Familia: † Metacerithiidae
Genera: †Diatrypesis – †Metacerithium – †Nerineopsis
Name
† Metacerithiidae Cossmann, 1906
Synonyms
† Terebrellidae Delpey, 1941 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym )
References
Links
Metacerithiidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Metacerithiidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Campaniloidea.[2]
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Metacerithiidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Metacerithiidae include:
† Diatrypesis Tomlin, 1929
† Metacerithium Cossmann, 1906[3] - the type genus
† Nerineopsis Cossmann, 1906
Synonyms
† Terebrella Andreae, 1887 : synonym of † Diatrypesis Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Terebrella Maltzan, 1887; Trypetes Tomlin, 1929, is a replacement name)
† Trypetes Tomlin, 1929 : synonym of † Diatrypesis Tomlin, 1929 (invalid: junior homonym of Trypetes Schenck, 1859; Diatrypesis is a replacement name)
References
"†family Metacerithiidae Cossmann 1906 (snail)". Fossilworks, accessed 14 July 2016.
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Cossmann (1906). Essais Paléoconch. 7: 54.
Delpey, G. (1941). Gastéropodes marins. Paléontologie, stratigraphie. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. new ser., 19(3−4), Mémoire 43: 144 pp., 28 pls.
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