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Parastrophia

Gastropoda - Caecidae

Taxonomy
Parastrophia was named by de Folin (1869). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ctiloceratinae by Marshall et al. (2025).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. bernensis, P. trentonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Parastrophia de Folin
2025Parastrophia Marshall et al. p. 137719

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyCaecidaeGray 1850
subfamilyCtiloceratinaeIredale and Laseron 1957
genusParastrophiade Folin 1869

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Parastrophia de Folin 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:54:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:54:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available