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: Plesiotrochidae
Genera (2 + 1†): Plesiotrochus – Trochocerithium – †Tenuicerithium
Name
Plesiotrochidae Houbrick, 1990
References
Links
Plesiotrochidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Plesiotrochidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.[1] According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Plesiotrochidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Plesiotrochidae include:
Plesiotrochus P. Fischer, 1878
Trochocerithium Sacco, 1897
Genera brought into synonymy
Hemicerithium Cossmann, 1893: synonym of Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878
Hypotrochus Cotton, 1932: synonym of Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878
References
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Houbrick R.S. 1990. Aspect of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda). pp. 237–249, in: Wells F.E., Walker D.I., Kirkman H. & Letheridge R., eds., The marine fauna and flora of Albany. Volume 1. Perth, Western Australia Museum
Healy J.M., 1993. Transfer of the gastropod family Plesiotrochidae to the Campaniloidea based on sperm ultrastructural evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 59, 135-146.
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