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Neritoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Superfamily

Scientific name
  
Neritoidea

Higher classification
  
Archaeogastropoda

Neritoidea

Similar
  
Gastropods, Cycloneritimorpha, Neritimorpha, Molluscs, Nerita

Neritoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of mostly sea snails, 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.

Families

Families within the superfamily Neritoidea are as follows (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Neritidae, the nerites, freshwater and marine species
  • Phenacolepadidae, false limpets
  • † Pileolidae
  • References

    Neritoidea Wikipedia