Platyceratidae
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| Conical platyceratid gastropod attached to a crinoid (Mississippian of Ohio) | |
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| Superfamily: | Platyceratoidea Hall, 1879
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| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha
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| Family: | Platyceratidae Hall, 1879
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Platyceratidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic gastropods of uncertain position in the clade Neritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Platyceras and other platyceratid gastropods are known for the complex symbiotic relationships they had with crinoids (Baumiller, 2003).
This is the only family in the superfamily Platyceratoidea.
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References
Baumiller, T.K. 2003. Evaluating the interaction between platyceratid gastropods and crinoids; a cost-benefit approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 201 issue 3-4, p. 199-209.
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