Xenophoroidea
Appearance
Xenophoroidea | |
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A lateral view of a carrier shell, family Xenophoridae, with various attachments | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea Troschel, 1852 (1840) |
Xenophoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The following families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- family Xenophoridae
- family † Lamelliphoridae
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).