Microdomatidae Explained

Microdomatidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• Microdomatinae Wenz, 1938
• Decorospirinae Blodgett & Frýda, 1999

Genera

Genera within the family Microdomatidae include:

Subfamily Microdomatinae:^[1]

• Limburgia
• Microdoma - type genus

Subfamily Decorospirinae:

subfamily ?

• Amaurotoma
• Copidocatomus
• Cyclites
• Cyclobathmus
• Episfaxis
• Glyptospira
• Kinkaidia

References

• Paleobiology Database info

Notes and References

1. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=57200&is_real_user=1 "Microdomatinae"