Vanikoroidea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840 |
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Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[2] The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea.[3]
Families
[edit]Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include:[1]
- Eulimidae Philippi, 1853
- Vanikoridae Gray, 1840
- Synonyms
- Aclididae G. O. Sars, 1878 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Asterophilidae Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Enteroxenidae Schwanwitsch, 1917 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Entocolacidae Voigt, 1888 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Melanellidae Iredale, 1915 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Pelseneeriidae Schwanwitsch, 1917 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Pherusidae Locard, 1886 : synonym of Aclididae G. O. Sars, 1878 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 (type genus a junior homonym of Pherusa Oken, 1807, and several others)
- Roseniidae Nierstrasz, 1913 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Strombiformidae Iredale, 1915 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Stylinidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 (Invalid: type genus [Stylina Fleming, 1828] a junior homonym)
- Thycidae Thiele, 1929 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
- Turtoniidae Rosén, 1910 : synonym of Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853 (type genus [Turtonia Rosén, 1910] a junior homonym)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Takano, T.; Kano, Y. (2014). Molecular phylogenetic investigations of the relationships of the echinoderm-parasite family Eulimidae within Hypsogastropoda (Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 258-269.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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