Prisciphoridae
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† Prisciphoridae is an extinct family
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the clade Sorbeoconcha
.
The original spelling was Prisciophoridae, but it was changed Prisciphoridae.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
the family Prisciphoridae has no subfamilies. It is unassigned to to superfamily.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the clade Sorbeoconcha
Sorbeoconcha
Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.-1997 taxonomy:...
.
The original spelling was Prisciophoridae, but it was changed Prisciphoridae.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
the family Prisciphoridae has no subfamilies. It is unassigned to to superfamily.
Genera
- † Prisciphora Schröder, 1992 - type genus, synonym: Prisciophora
- † Prisciophora schroederi Bandel, Gründel, Maxwell, 2000