Microdomatidae
Encyclopedia
Microdomatidae is an extinct family
of fossil
sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
):
Subfamily Microdomatinae:
Subfamily Decorospirinae:
subfamily ?
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea
Trochoidea (superfamily)
Trochoidea is a superfamily of small to very large vetigastropod sea snails with gills and an operculum.They have nacre as the inner shell layer...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
).
Taxonomy
This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
):
- Microdomatinae Wenz, 1938
- Decorospirinae Blodgett & Frýda, 1999
Genera
Genera within the family Microdomatidae include:Subfamily Microdomatinae:
- Limburgia
- Microdoma - type genus
Subfamily Decorospirinae:
subfamily ?
- Amaurotoma
- Copidocatomus
- Cyclites
- Cyclobathmus
- Episfaxis
- Glyptospira
- Kinkaidia