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Haliotoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Haliotoidea

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Higher classification
  
Archaeogastropoda

Haliotoidea

Similar
  
Gastropods, Abalone, Molluscs, Haliotis, Vetigastropoda

Haliotoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Families

The superfamily Haliotoidea contains (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) two families:

  • The recent family Haliotidae, also known as abalones
  • The extinct family Temnotropidae.

    • References

    Haliotoidea Wikipedia
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