Neritoidea
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Neritoidea is a taxonomic superfamily
of mostly sea snail
s, nerites and their allies, marine
gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Previously this superfamily was in the order Neritoida
in the superorder Neritopsina.
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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 mostly sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, nerites and their allies, 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 mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritimorpha is a clade of land snails, freshwater snails, and sea snails. These are gastropod molluscs within the larger clade Neritimorpha...
(according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by 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...
).
Previously this superfamily was in the order Neritoida
Neritoida
Neritoida was a taxonomic order of sea snails, freshwater snails and land snails, gastropod molluscs. This order was placed within the superorder Neritopsina within the order Orthogastropoda. Now see Neritoidea.-Superfamilies:...
in the superorder Neritopsina.
Families
Families within the superfamily Neritoidea are as follows (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Taxonomy 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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- NeritidaeNeritidaeNeritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....
, the nerites, freshwater and marine species - PhenacolepadidaePhenacolepadidaePhenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha ....
, false limpetLimpetLimpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s - † PileolidaePileolidaePileolidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family is related to the extant family Neritidae, the nerites.The family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005....