Vetigastropoda
Sign in to savethumb|The fossil vetigastropod Discohelix tunisiensis from the Matmor Formation (Middle [[Jurassic) of southern Israel.]]
Species
古腹足上目
Subclass
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 11
- Collections
- CAS, ALMNH, FMNH, UF, CASG
- Recorded in
- Marshall Islands, Antarctica, Oman, Scattered Islands, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gastropoda
- Image
- Vetigastropoda various 1.jpg
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- taxon rank
- subclass
- Commons category
- Vetigastropoda
- taxon name
- Vetigastropoda
- topic's main category
- Category:Vetigastropoda
- taxon common name
- Napfschnecken
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Behaviour
- Diet
- Reproduction
- Taxonomy
- Superfamilies
- References
- External links
thumb|The fossil vetigastropod Discohelix tunisiensis from the Matmor Formation (Middle [[Jurassic) of southern Israel.]]
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bouchet and Rocroi, 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vetigastropoda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.