Soleniscidae

Soleniscidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Subulitoidea
Family: Soleniscidae
(Knight, 1931) Wenz, 1938

Soleniscidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.[1] It first was seen on the 431 – 427 Ma (Silurian) and its last recorded appearance was in Late Triassic.[2] It is found in the Americas, South Asia and Asian islands, Europe, Northern edge of Africa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. ^ a b "Soleniscidae". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.