Procerithiidae

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title: "Procerithiidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sorbeoconcha", "gastropod-families", "kungurian-first-appearances", "tithonian-extinctions"] description: "Family of gastropods" topic_path: "general/sorbeoconcha" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procerithiidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = Rhabdocolpus_muricatum_01.JPG | image_caption = Rhabdocolpus muricatum (Sowerby, 1825) | fossil_range = Kungurian–Jurassic, | taxon = Procerithiidae | authority = Cossmann, 1906

Procerithiidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails in the subclass Caenogastropoda. As currently defined, it is extinct, although it has been suggested to include the extant genus Argyropeza.

Taxonomy

No subfamilies are recognized in the MolluscaBase.

2005 taxonomy

The following three subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Procerithiinae Cossmann, 1906
• Paracerithiinae Cossmann, 1906
• Cryptaulacinae Gründel, 1976 – includes Argyropeza

2006 taxonomy

Bandel (2006) described a new subfamily, Argyropezinae.

• Argyropezinae Bandel, 2006
• Procerithiinae Cossmann, 1906 – includes Cryptaulax
• Paracerithiinae Cossmann, 1906

Bandel (2006) expressed doubts about the validity of Cryptaulacinae, because Cryptaulax and Procerithium may be based on the same species.

Genera

Genera within the family are:

• Ageria Abbass, 1973
• Brachycerithium Bonarelli, 1921
• Campanilopsis P.-H. Fischer, 1956
• Cerithinella Gemmellaro, 1878
• Cirsocerithium Cossmann, 1906
• Infacerithium Gründel, 1974
• Longaevicerithium Guzhov, 2003
• Martignyella J.-C. Fischer, 1969
• Paracerithium Cossmann, 1902 – type genus of the subfamily Paracerithiinae, when considered valid
• Procerithium Cossmann, 1902
• Rhabdocolpus Cossmann, 1906
• Rostrocerithium Cossmann, 1906
• Sinuozyga Batten, 1985
• Tyrnoviella Guzhov, 2004

References

References

1. [[Maurice Cossmann. Cossmann]] (1906). ''Essais de paléoconchologie comparée'' '''7'''.
2. Gründel (1976). ''Malakologische Abhandlungen'' '''5'''(3): 44.
3. Bandel K.. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology – including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte.
4. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia.
5. "†family Procerithiidae Cossmann 1905". Paleobiology Database.
6. (2024). "''Argyropeza'' Melvill & Standen, 1901".

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