Biology:Epitonioidea

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Short description: Superfamily of gastropods

Epitonioidea
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Janthina janthina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Berry, S.S., 1910
Families

See text.

Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1] This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.

Taxonomy

Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:

  • Family Epitoniidae S.S. Berry, 1910, the wentletraps
  • Family Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822, the purple snails
  • Family Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2). 

Wikidata ☰ Q5383740 entry