Soleniscidae
Extinct family of gastropods
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Acteoninoidea |
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
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ a b "Soleniscidae". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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