Tremanotidae

Tremanotidae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda or Monoplacophora
Superfamily:	Bellerophontoidea
Family:	Tremanotidae; Naef, 1913
Genera
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Tremanotidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic fossil molluscs with isostrophically coiled shells. They occupy an uncertain position taxonomically: it is not known whether they were (gastropods (snails) or monoplacophorans.

Taxonomy[]

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005^[2] categorizes Tremanotidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera[]

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Genera in the family Tremanotidae include:^[3]

Hall, 1867^[4] - type genus of the family Tremanotidae. Synonyms: Gyrotrema, Tremagyrus.
- - synonym: Tremanotus alpheus.
- - synonym: Tremanotus girvanensis.
Horný, 1962
- (Lindström, 1884) - synonyms: Tremanotus longitudinalis, Tremanotus incipiens
Horný, 1992
- - synonym: Goniotremus polygonus.

References[]

^ Naef A. 1913. Ergebnisse und Fortschrifte der Zoologie, 3(2): 157.
^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
^ Tremanotinae. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 26 August 2009.
^ Hall J. 1868. Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara group. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:305-352.

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[1] Naef A. 1913. Ergebnisse und Fortschrifte der Zoologie, 3(2): 157.

[Bouchet-2] Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

[3] Tremanotinae. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 26 August 2009.

[4] Hall J. 1868. Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara group. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:305-352.

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