Pileolidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.[1] This family is related to the extant family Neritidae, the nerites. The family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
| Pileolidae Temporal range: Bathonian to Late Albian
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| Family: | †Pileolidae Bandel, Grünndel & Maxwell, 2000
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Genera edit
The genus Pileolus[2] is found in Cretaceous age deposits in Europe, and Jurassic age deposits in New Zealand.
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Özdikmen, H. (2009). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 233–256.
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