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Plesiotrochidae

Gastropoda - Plesiotrochidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotrochidae was named by Houbrick (1990) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7649]. It is extant. Its type is Plesiotrochus.

It was assigned to Architaenioglossa by Harzhauser (2004); and to Campaniloidea by Beesley (1998), Lozouet et al. (2001) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Plesiotrochus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Plesiotrochidae Houbrick
1998Plesiotrochidae Beesley p. 735
2001Plesiotrochidae Lozouet et al. p. 21
2004Plesiotrochidae Harzhauser p. 113
2005Plesiotrochidae Bouchet et al. p. 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyPlesiotrochidaeHoubrick 1990
familyPlesiotrochidaeHoubrick 1990

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. Plesiotrochidae Houbrick 1990
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G. Plesiotrochus Fischer 1878
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Plesiotrochus fallax Grateloup 1832
Plesiotrochus stephanense Cossmann and Peyrot 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available