†family Cheeneetnukiidae Blodgett and Cook 2002 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett and A. G. Cook. 2002. Cheeneetnukiidae, a new Middle Devonian murchisonioid gastropod family, including the new genera Cheeneetnukia and Ulungaratoconcha based on representatives from Alaska and Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1):17-28

Parent taxon: Murchisonioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Blodgett and Cook 2002

Sister taxa: Hormotomidae, Kosovoconcha, Mendelia, Murchisoniidae, Plethospiridae

Subtaxa: Cheeneetnukia Pingtianispira Ulungaratoconcha

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Type: Cheeneetnukia

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), China (2), Germany (7), Poland (1), United States (4: Alaska)

Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences

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