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Pileolidae

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Pileolidae
Temporal range: 167.7–99.6 Ma Bathonian to Late Albian
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Pileolidae

Bandel, Grünndel & Maxwell, 2000
Species

Pileolidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs.[1] This family is related to the extant family Neritidae, the nerites. The family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Genera

The genus Pileolus[2] is found in Cretaceous age deposits in Europe, and Jurassic age deposits in New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. ^ Özdikmen, H. (2009). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 233–256.