Vanikoroidea is a
superfamily
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the clade
Littorinimorpha. The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea.
Families
Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include:
*Family
Eulimidae Philippi, 1853
*Family
Haloceratidae
Haloceratidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into ...
Warén & Bouchet, 1991
*Family
Hipponicidae
''Hipponicidae'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). Hipponicidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
Troschel Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau.
He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; ...
, 1861
*Family
Vanikoridae Gray, 1840
References
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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