Praecuvierinidae

The Praecuvierinidae are a family of extinct, small, floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cavolinioidea.

Praecuvierinidae
Temporal range: Eocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Thecosomata
Superfamily:
Cavolinioidea
Family:
Praecuvierinidae

Janssen, 2005[1]
Diversity[1]
2 genera

Genera
  • Genus Praecuvierina Janssen, 2005[1]
    • Praecuvierina lura (Hodgkinson, in Hodgkinson, Garvie & Bé, 1992) - from Eocene, Lutetian of the United States
  • Genus Texacuvierina Janssen, 2005[1]
    • Texacuvierina gutta (Hodgkinson, in Hodgkinson, Garvie & Bé, 1992) - from Eocene, Bartonian of the United States

References
  1. Janssen A. W. (2005). "Development of Cuvierinidae (Mollusca, Euthecosomata, Cavolinioidea) during the Cainozoic: a non-cladistic approach with a re-interpretation of Recent taxa". Basteria 69(1-3): 25-72. abstract
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