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†superfamily Platyceratoidea Hall 1859 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina

Alternative spelling: Platyceratacea

Synonym: Nerrhenoidea Bandel and Heidelberger 2001

Full reference: J. Hall. 1859. Contributions to the palaeontology of New York: being some of the results of investigations during the years 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858. 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 12:8-110

Parent taxon: Euomphalina according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Anomphaloidea, Bridegeites, Craspedostomatoidea, Ellisella, Euomphaloidea, Heteronodosus, Macluritoidea, Offlyeotrochus, Omphalotrochoidea, Ophiletoidea, Oriostomatoidea, Palaeotrochoidea, Pseudophoroidea, Raphistomatoidea, Triassocirrus

Subtaxa: Craspedostomatidae, Cyclonemidae, Nerrhenidae, Platyceratidae

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Type: Platyceratidae

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal parasite-carnivore