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Tremanotidae is an extinct
Genera in the family Tremanotidae include:
* '' Tremanotus''
family
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of Paleozoic fossil
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mollusc
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s with isostrophically coiled shells. They occupy an uncertain position taxonomically
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: it is not known whether they were (gastropods
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(snails) or monoplacophora
Monoplacophora , meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic superclass of molluscs with a cap-like shell inhabiting deep sea environments . Extant representatives were not recognized as such until 1952; previously they were known only from ...
ns.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . . 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 categorizes Tremanotidae in the superfamiliaBellerophontoidea
Bellerophontoidea, common name "bellerophonts",Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malaco ...
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
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, 1867 Hall J. 1868. ''Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara group''. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:305-352. - type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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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''
References
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Prehistoric gastropods Taxa named by Adolf Naef {{paleo-gastropod-stub