Stromboidea

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Strombidae

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Familiae

Strombidae
Struthiolariidae

Stromboidea is a common name for conchs and similar creatures. Stromboidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Littorinimorpha.

Stromboidea contains two families: the Strombidae, commonly known as the conchs; and the Struthiolariidae, known as the ostrich foot shells.

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