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Pterotracheidae

Gastropoda - Pterotracheidae

Taxonomy
Pterotracheidae was named by Rafinesque (1814) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5390]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Firolidae by Ponder and Warén (1988); to Carinarioidea by Beesley (1998) and Jeffery (2003); and to Pterotracheoidea by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Pterotracheidae Rafinesque
1815Firolidae Rafinesque
1988Firolidae Ponder and Warén p. 302
1988Pterotracheidae Ponder and Warén p. 302
1998Pterotracheidae Beesley p. 807
2003Firolidae Jeffery
2003Pterotracheidae Jeffery
2005Pterotracheidae Bouchet et al. p. 251

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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)
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyPterotracheoideaRafinesque 1814
familyPterotracheidaeRafinesque 1814
familyPterotracheidaeRafinesque 1814

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. Pterotracheidae Rafinesque 1814
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G. †Pterotrachea Forskal 1775
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Pterotrachea ceratophagus Quenstedt 1858
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Invalid names: Pterotrachea liassica Bandel and Hemleben 1987 [synonym]
Invalid names: Firola Bruguière 1791 [synonym]
Invalid names: Firolidae Rafinesque 1815 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available