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Pterothecidae

family of molluscs (fossil)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ7256944 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pterothecidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position, either Gastropoda or Monoplacophora, with isostrophically coiled shells.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 categorizes Pterothecidae in the superfamily Bellerophontoidea within the

Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pterothecidae” is family of molluscs (fossil). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pterothecidae, family and molluscs, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Pterothecidae, family and molluscs is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “family of molluscs (fossil)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7256944. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pterothecidae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.