Grangerellidae is an extinct

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

s in the superfamily

Orthalicoidea The Orthalicoidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Orthalicoidei of the suborder HelicinaMolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Simpulopsidae Schileyko, 1999. Accessed through: Wo ...

(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Grangerellidae include: * † '' Grangerella'' Cockerell, 1915 - the

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of the family Grangerellidae * † '' Protoboysia'' Cockerell, 1914Cockerell T. D. A. (1914). "Land shells from the Tertiary of Wyoming". ''

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'' 33(24): 323-325. page 323
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References

External links

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