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Turbinidae, Trochidae, Stomatellidae, Hali-
otldae, Fissurellidae, Neritidae, Ampullari-
idae, Janthinidae, and Atlantidae.
PoLYBRANCHiA Blainville, 1814 [November]
Reference: Bulletin des Sciences par la Société
Phylomatique de Paris, (1814): 177
Remarks: Original spelling (vernacular) "Polybranches".
Latinized as a family (see family
list). Established as an order containing
the families "Tétracères" and "Dicères".
Spelling and rank emended by Franc (1 968c:
845) to suborder Polybranchiacea, contain-
ing the families Polybranchiidae (= Caliphyllidae)
and Hermaeidae.
PoMASTOMA Férussac, 1822 [13 April]
Reference: Tableaux systématiques des animaux
mollusques: xxxiv
Remarks: Original spelling (vernacular) "les
Pomastomes". Latinized [as Pomastomae]
by Menke (1828: 22) and [as Pomatostoma]
by Menke (1830: 40). Established as suborder
containing the families "Turbines" and
"Trochoides".
PoMATOBRANCHiATA Schweigger, 1820
Reference: Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der
skelettlosen ungegliederten Thiere: IAA
Remarks: Substitute name for "Les Tectibranches".
Division of the order Gasteropoda,
containing the genera Akera, Notarchus,
Aplysia, Pleurobranchus, and Pleurobranchaea.
Spelling and rank emended by Burmeister
(1837: 498) to family Pomatobran-
chia (not available as such: not based on a
genus).
PORODORIDACEAOdhner, 1968
Reference: ArkivforZoologi, 20(13): 254
Remarks: Established as a suborder of Doridacea,
"comprising those families that Bergh
united in his 'Dorididae porostomata'". Also
declared by Odhner (in Franc, 1968c: 872)
a new suborder, containing the families Phyllidiidae
and Dendrodorididae. See also Porodoridacea
in family list.
Porostomata Bergh, 1876 [4 May]
Reference: Malacologische Untersuchungen,
[in Semper] Reisen im Archipel der Philip-
pinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate,
Bd.2,Theil 1, Heft 10: title
Remarks: Established at unspecified rank under
Nudibranchiata holohepatica, containing
the families Doriopsidae and Phyllidiadae.
See also family list.
NOMENCLÁTOR OF GASTROPOD FAMILIES 225
Prionoglossa G. O. Sars, 1878
Reference: Mollusca regionis arcticae Non/egiae:
214
Remarks: Taxon containing the family Omalogyridaeonly.
PROBOsciDEATroschel, 1847
Reference: Archiv Wr Naturgeschichte, 13(2):
383
Remarks: Used in a heading only. Formally
diagnosed in Troschel (1848: 548), there
containing the families Volutacea, Canalífera,
Muricea, Cassidea, and Buccinea.
Proboscidifera Gray, 1853 [February]
Reference: Annals and Magazine of Natural
History, ser. 2, 11: 125
Remarks: Established as a suborder of Ctenobranchiata,
containing families of Neogastropoda,
some Neotaenioglossa, and some
Heterostropha. Ranked by Ihering (1876:
142) as an order, and declared nov.
Procaenogastropoda Bändel, 2002 [October]
Reference: Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-
Paläontologischen Institut der Universität
Hamburg, 86: 145
Remarks: Established as a subclass contain-
ing the orders Solenisciformes and Perunelomorpha.
Procyclophorida Bändel, 2002 [October]
Reference: Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-
Paläontologischen Institut der Universität
Hamburg, 86: 178
Remarks: Established as an order containing
the superfamilies Anthracopupoidea and Palaeocyclophoroidea.
ProdiotocardiaA. Meyer, 1913 [20 September]
Reference: Biologisches Centralblatt, 33: 571
Remarks: Hypothetical ancestor of the Dioto-
cardia.
Progastropoda A. Meyer, 1913 [20 September]
Reference: Biologisches Centralblatt, 33: 571
575
Remarks: Hypothetical ancestral gastropods.
Promonotocardia A. Meyer, 1 91 3 [20 September]
Reference: Biologisches Centralblatt, 33: 571
Remarks: Hypothetical ancestor of the Monoto-
cardia.
Proprioneura Rankin, 1979 [25 May]
Reference: Royal Ontario Museum. Life Sciences
Contributions, 116: 87