Cingulopsoidea
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The Cingulopsoidea is a superfamily
of sea snails, marine
gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha
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This taxonomy is based on the study by V. Fretter and A. M. Patil, published in 1958.
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of sea snails, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....
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Families
The following three families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
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- Family CingulopsidaeCingulopsidaeCingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi the family Cingulopsidae has no subfamilies.- Genera and species :...
Fretter & Patil, 1958 - Family EatoniellidaeEatoniellidaeEatoniellidae, commonly known as eatoniellids, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cingulopsoidea....
Ponder, 1965 - Family RastodentidaeRastodentidaeRastodentidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi the family Rastodentidae has no subfamilies.-Genera:...
Ponder, 1966
This taxonomy is based on the study by V. Fretter and A. M. Patil, published in 1958.