Archinacellidae
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| Archinacellidae | |
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| 1865 drawing of Archinacella instabilis by Elkanah Billings. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Archinacelloidea |
| Family: | †Archinacellidae Knight, 1952[2] |
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Archinacellidae is an extinct family of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).
These are cap-shaped fossil shells.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[3] categorizes Archinacellidae in the superfamilia Archinacelloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family has no subfamilies.
