Nerineidae

Nerineidae
Bactroptyxis trachaea, Aubry-en-exmes, Normandy, France; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Nerineoidea
Family: Nerineidae
Zittel, 1873

Nerineidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Nerineidae include:

  • Nerinea, the type genus
  • Bactroptyxis

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).