Nerineidae
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Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian). | |
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Family: | Nerineidae Zittel, 1873
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The Nerineidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.[1]
Genera
[edit]Genera within the family Nerineidae include:
- Nerinea, the type genus
- Bactroptyxis
References
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- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).