Trypanaxidae Explained

Trypanaxidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Campaniloidea.^[1]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Trypanaxidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Trypanaxidae include:

• † Trypanaxis Cossmann, 1889 - the type genus
• † Alocaxis Cossmann, 1889^[2]

References

• The Paleobiology Database: Trypanaxidae

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . amp . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
2. http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=9450 Alocaxis