†family Rhaphischismatidae Knight 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Rhaphischismatidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42

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

See also Golikov and Starobogatov 1975 and Knight et al. 1960

Sister taxa: Catantostomatidae, Kittlidiscidae, Lancedelliidae, Pleurotomariidae, Polytremariidae, Raphistomella, Stuorellidae, Transylvanella, Trochotomidae, Zygitidae

Subtaxa: Rhaphischisma

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Type: Rhaphischisma

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Visé (Carboniferous of Belgium)

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