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Omalaxidae (disused)

Gastropoda - Omalaxidae

Taxonomy
Omalaxidae was named by Wenz (1939) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5336].

It was assigned to Cerithiacea by Allison (1955); to Architectonicoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988); and to Vanikoroidea by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Omalaxidae Wenz
1955Omalaxidae Allison p. 416
1988Omalaxidae Ponder and Warén p. 308
2005Omalaxidae Bouchet et al. p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyOmalaxidaeWenz 1939
familyOmalaxidaeWenz 1939

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. †Omalaxidae Wenz 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available