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Vanikoroidea

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Vanikoroidea
Apertural view of the shell of Malluvium otohimae, family Hipponicidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Gray, 1840
Families

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Synonyms[1]
  • Eulimoidea
  • Hipponicoidea

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

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Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Vanikoroidea Gray, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. ^ 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.