# Protorculidae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Protorculidae
| authority = [Bandel](/source/Klaus_Bandel), 1991[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82512]
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†'''Protorculidae''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) family of fossil [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the clade [Caenogastropoda](/source/Caenogastropoda).<ref>{{cite journal

 |author1=Bouchet, P.  |author2=Rocroi, J.-P.
  |name-list-style=amp | year = 2005
 | title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
 | journal = Malacologia
 | volume =47
 | issue = 1–2
 | pages =
 | doi =
 }}</ref>

==Genera==
Genera within the family Protoculidae include:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82512]
* ''[Anulifera](/source/Anulifera)''
* ''[Battenizyga](/source/Battenizyga)''
* ''[Chulitnacula](/source/Chulitnacula)''
* ''[Moerkeia](/source/Moerkeia)''
* ''[Protorcula](/source/Protorcula)''

==References==
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* [http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ The Taxonomicon]

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Category:Prehistoric gastropods
Category:Gastropod families
Category:Sorbeoconcha
Category:Taxa named by Klaus Bandel

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