nerineoidean

English

Etymology

†Nerineoidea +‎ -an

Noun

nerineoidean (plural nerineoideans)

1. Any of the superfamily †Nerineoidea of extinct sea snails.
   • 2016 January 16, “Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The Late Mesozoic (Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous) could represent a peak in planktic productivity as indicated by the evolution of very large deposit-feeding nerineoidean gastropods which reached lengths of 50 cm beginning in the Late Jurassic [70], and by a size maximum in suspension-feeding bivalves in the Late Cretaceous (Table 1) and of suspension-feeding gastropods (Gigantocapulus schmitti, length 400mm) [71, 72].