Murchisoniidae

Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Murchisonioidea
Family: Murchisoniidae
Koken, 1896
Synonyms

† Hormotomidae Wenz, 1938

Murchisoniidae is an extinct family of fossil gastropods in the superfamily Murchisonioidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Murchisoniidae include:

  • Murchisonia d'Archiac & Verneuil, 1841, the type genus

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Murchisoniidae Koken, 1896 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711907 on 2017-02-24
  • Koken, E. (1896). Die Gastropoden der Trias um Hallstadt. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 46(1): 37−126.
  • Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. 1-1639. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Verlag Gebrüder Bornträger, Berlin.


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