Neritoidea
Neritoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of mostly sea snails, nerites and their allies, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]
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| Two different views of shells of the freshwater nerite Theodoxus danubialis | |
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| Superfamily: | Neritoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
Previously this superfamily was in the order Neritoida in the superorder Neritopsina.
Families
Families within the superfamily Neritoidea are as follows (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Neritidae, the nerites, freshwater and marine species
- Phenacolepadidae, false limpets
- † Pileolidae
References
- Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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