Lophospiridae

Extinct family of gastropods

Lophospiridae
Fossilised gastropod Lophospira sp
Lophospira sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Trochonematoidea
Family: Lophospiridae
Wenz, 1938[1]
Synonyms

Gyronematinae Knight, 1956
Ruedemanniinae Knight, 1956

Lophospiridae is an extinct taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs.[2]

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Lophospiridae contains the following genera:[3][4]

  • Arjamannia (Peel, 1975)
  • Biarmeaspira
  • Chlupacispira
  • Donaldiella (Cossmann, 1903)
  • Ectomaria (Koken, 1896)
  • Eunema (Salter, 1859)
  • Frodospira (Wagner, 1999)
  • Hanusispira (Horny, 1992)
  • Kawanamia (Kase, 1988)
  • Longstaffia (Cossmann, 1908)
  • Lophospira (Whitfield, 1886)
  • Loxoplocus (Fischer, 1885)
  • Manzanospira (Batten, 1989)
  • Paupospira (Wagner, 1999)
  • Platyworthenia (Chronic, 1951)
  • Proturritella (Koken, 1889)
  • Ptychozone (Perner in Barrande, 1907)
  • Ruedemannia (Foerste, 1911)
  • Schizolopha
  • Spinulrichospira
  • Solenospira (Ulrich & Scofield, 1897)
  • Tunstallia (Hollingworth & Barker, 1991)
  • Worthenia (de Koninck, 1883)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Lophospiridae.
  1. ^ (in German) Wenz W. A. (1938). Handbuch der Paläozoologie.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. ^ "Lophospiridae Wenz, 1938". GBIF.org. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Lophospiridae (Family)". ZipcodeZoo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
Taxon identifiers
Lophospiridae


  • v
  • t
  • e