Caenogastropoda

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iCaenogastropoda
A whelk on a beach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Infraclass: Apogastropoda Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Orders
Architaenioglossa Neotaenioglossa Sorbeoconcha

Caenogastropoda is a superorder within the gastropod infraclass Apogastropoda. It includes the cowry, whelk, and periwinkle (mollusc) species.

[edit] Taxonomy

• Order Architaenioglossa Haller, 1890
• Order Neotaenioglossa
• Order Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
  • Suborder Discopoda P. Fischer, 1884
  • Suborder Murchisoniina Cox & Knight, 1960
  • Suborder Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997

[edit] External links

• Caenogastropoda taxonomy at NCBI