Vanikoroidea
Encyclopedia
Vanikoroidea is a superfamily
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha
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(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)
This classification follows the studies by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988 , and Ponder, published in 1998.
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 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, 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
Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include:- Family VanikoridaeVanikoridaeVanikoridae is a family of very small or medium sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Genera and species :Genera and species within the family Vanikoridae include:* Genus Caledoniella...
Gray, 1840 - Family HaloceratidaeHaloceratidaeHaloceratidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Genera :Genera within the family Haloceratidae include:* Genus Haloceras W.H. Dall, 1889** Haloceras carinata Jeffreys, 1883...
Warén & Bouchet, 1991 - Family HipponicidaeHipponicidaeHipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.-Genera:Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:...
Troschel, 1861 - † Family OmalaxidaeOmalaxidaeOmalaxidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha....
Cossmann, 1916
(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)
This classification follows the studies by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988 , and Ponder, published in 1998.