Isospiridae
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Isospiridae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, Paleozoic gastropod mollusks.[2]
This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005). It is classified as "Basal taxa that are certainly Gastropoda" by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).[2]
Genera
- Isospira Koken, 1897 - type genus of the family Isospiridae. Species include:[3]
- Isospira bucanioides Koken, 1897
- Isospira huttoni Cowper Reed, 1921
- Isospira lepida Perner, 1903
- Isospira nautilina Koken & Perner, 1925
- Isospira reinwaldti Öpik, 1930
- Isospira reticulatus Wängberg-Eriksson, 1964 - synonym: Isospira reticulata
Taxonomy
Peter J. Wagner consider Isospiridae as synonym of Cyrtonellidae within Tergomya,[4][5] The Paleobiology Database has become adatapted to[5] this unpublished opinion by Wagner. This alternate taxonomy is as: Tergomya, Cyrtonellida, Cyrtonellidae.[5]
References
- ^ Wangberg-Eriksson K. (1964). "Isospira reticulata n. sp. from the Upper Ordovician Boda Limestone, Sweden". Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 86(3): 229-237.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ "Isospira". The Paleobiology Database, accessed 26 February 2010.
- ^ Wagner P. J. (2008). "Paleozoic Gastropod, Monoplacophoran and Rostroconch Database". [1]
- ^ a b c "Cyrtonellidae" The Paleobiology Database. Accessed 26 February 2010.