Neritopsidae

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Neritopsidae is a family of small sea snails and freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Neritopsidae
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Neritopsidae

Gray, 1847
Subfamilies and genera

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The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossils. The few species which are still extant are sometimes termed "living fossils". [1]

Taxonomy

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

Genera

Genera within the family Neritopsidae include:

The only extant genera are Neritopsis and Pluviostilla from subfamily Neritopsinae.

Subfamily Neritopsinae

Subfamily † Naticopsinae

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