Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Procerithiidae is a member of the Superfamily Cerithioidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Procerithiidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Discopoda
P. Fischer, 1884
- Superfamily: Cerithioidea
C.A. Fleming, 1822
- Family: Procerithiidae
- Superfamily: Cerithioidea
C.A. Fleming, 1822
- Suborder: Discopoda
P. Fischer, 1884
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Procerithiidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (3): Protostylus · Sinuozyga · Spanionema
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in the Family Procerithiidae.
Genera
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Protostylus
Sinuozyga
Spanionema
More info about the Genus Spanionema may be found here.
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