Scissurelloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda.[1][2]
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| Shell of Scissurella costata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea Gray, 1847 |
Taxonomy
editThis superfamily consists of two following families (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Family Scissurellidae Gray, 1847
- Family Anatomidae McLean, 1989
Geiger (2009)[3] updated two other subfamilies to family level:
Superfamily Scissurelloidea:
- Family Anatomidae
- Family Depressizonidae
- Family Larocheidae
- Family Scissurellidae
References
edit- ^ a b Scissurelloidea is a taxonomic superfamily of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).1–2&rft.date=2005&rft.au=Bouchet, P.&rft.au=Rocroi, J.-P.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Scissurelloidea" class="Z3988">
- ^ Geiger D. L.(8 May 2009) "A new species of Depressizona and the family rank of Depressizonidae". Zootaxa 2059: 57-59. abstract, full article.
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