Neritopsidae
| Neritopsidae | |
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| Neritopsis radula shells | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Neritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritopsoidea |
| Family: |
Neritopsidae Gray, 1847 |
| Subfamilies | |
Neritopsidae is a family of small sea snails and freshwater snails in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossils. The few species which are extant are sometimes termed "living fossils". [1]
This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Bandel (2007) have established two new subfamilies. But he recognizes Naticopsinae at family level as Naticopsidae with newly created subfamilies in it.
Genera within the family Neritopsidae include:
The only extant genera are Neritopsis and Pluviostilla from subfamily Neritopsinae.
Subfamily Neritopsinae
Subfamily † Naticopsinae
subfamily † Cassianopsinae - from Late Triassic
subfamily † Colubrellopsinae
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