Murchisoniidae

Extinct family of gastropods

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.
  • https://archive.org/stream/palozoicfossil01geol#page/234/mode/2up
Taxon identifiers
Murchisoniidae
  • Wikidata: Q6937561
  • Wikispecies: Murchisoniidae
  • CoL: 7NK2N
  • EoL: 4936069
  • GBIF: 3243821
  • IRMNG: 100084
  • Paleobiology Database: 57203
  • WoRMS: 711907


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