Pseudorthonychiidae

Extinct genus of gastropods

Pseudorthonychiidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Pseudorthonychiidae
Genus: Pseudorthonychia

Pseudorthonychiidae is an extinct, monogeneric (contains only one genus) family of fossil snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

The sole genus in this family is:

  • Pseudorthonychia Bandel & Frýda, 1999

References

Wikispecies has information related to Pseudorthonychiidae.
  • Paleobiology database entry
  • K. Bandel and J. Frýda. 1999. Notes on the evolution and higher classification of the subclass Neritimorpha (Gastropoda) with the description of some new taxa. Geologica et Palaeontologica 33(2):219-235
Taxon identifiers
Pseudorthonychiidae


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