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Metacerithiidae

Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae

Taxonomy
Metacerithinae was named by Cossmann (1906). Its type is Metacerithium.

It was reranked as the family Metacerithiidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Cerithioidea by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Metacerithium (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Metacerithiidae Bouchet et al. p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyMetacerithiidae(Cossmann 1906)
familyMetacerithiidae(Cossmann 1906)

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.

Fm. †Metacerithiidae Cossmann 1906
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G. †Metacerithium Cossmann 1906
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Metacerithium packardi Nelson 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available