Cassiopidae

Cassiopidae
Three shells of Cassiope luxani, the coin is nearly 20 mm in diameter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cassiopidae
Beurlen, 1967
Synonyms

Glauconiidae Pchelintsev, 1953 (inv.)

Cassiopidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.[1]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Cassiopidae has no subfamilies.

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1-2).
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