Palaeostoidae

Palaeostoidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: †Palaeostoidae
Nordsieck, H. (1986)[1]
Genera

†Palaeostoa

Palaeostoidae is an extinct family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Clausilioidea.[1]

Subfamilies and genera

The family Palaeostoidae consists of one genus, Palaeostoa.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Nordsieck, H. (1986). "The system of the Stylommatophora (Gastropoda), with special regard to the systematic position of the Clausiliidae, II. Importance of the shell and distribution". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 117 (1–3): 93–116.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 124 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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