Metacerithiidae is an

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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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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 ...

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s in the superfamily

Campaniloidea The Campaniloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. The Campaniloidea are unassigned in the clade Caenogastropoda. Taxonomy The following four families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005): * ...

. 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, 1906Cossmann (1906). ''Essais Paléoconch.'' 7: 54. - 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

* 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.

External links

Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls.
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