Cassiopidae

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

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.)

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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