Archinacellidae is an extinct family of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).
Description These are cap-shaped fossil shells.
Taxonomy The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 categorizes Archinacellidae in the superfamilia Archinacelloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family has no subfamilies.
Genera Genera in the family Archinacellidae include: Archinacella Ulrich & Scofield, 1897Ulrich E. O. & Scofield W. H. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. In: Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H., Clarke J. M. & Winchell N. H. The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, volume 3(2), Harrison and Smith, Minneapolis, 48 plates. Pages 813-1081, plates 61-82. Archinacella in on page 821. – type genus of the family Archinacellidae Archinacella powersi Ulrich & Scofield, 1897 – type species Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865)Billings E. 1865. Palaeozoic Fossils. Volume I. Containing descriptions and figures of new or little known species of organic remains from the Silurian rocks, 1861–1865. Dawson Brothers, Montreal. Geological Survey of Canada, Separate Report, 426 pp. page 251. Barrandicella Peel & Horný, 1999 Barrandicellopsis Horný, 2000Horný R. J. 2000. Barrandicellopsis, a new Ordovician archinacelloid genus (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Věstník Českého geologického ústavu 75, 2. Barrandicellopsis ovata – synonym: Archinacella ovata Barrande in Perner, 1903 – Archinacella ovata var. elevata Barrande in Perner, 1903 – type species, Middle Ordovician from Bohemia Barrandicellopsis extenuata – synonym: Orthonychia extenuata Barrande in Perner, 1903 – probably belongs to genus Barrandicellopsis, Middle Ordovician from Bohemia
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