Neritimorpha

Neritimorpha is a taxonomic grouping, an unranked clade of snails, gastropod mollusks. This grouping includes land snails, sea snails, some deepwater limpets, and also freshwater snails. This clade was previously known as the superorder Neritopsina.

1997 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997) Neritopsina is a gastropod superorder in the subclass Orthogastropoda. The superfamily Palaeotrochoidea is contained within Neritopsina but its order placement is undetermined.

2005 taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005^[1] categorizes Neritimorpha as a gastropod mollusk clade. It is one of the 6 highest clades in Gastropoda. It contains the clades Cyrtoneritimorpha, Cycloneritimorpha, as well as Paleozoic Neritimorpha of uncertain position.

Clades (and uncertain position taxa) in Neritimorpha include:

• † Paleozoic Neritimorpha of uncertain position
• † clade Cyrtoneritimorpha
• clade Cycloneritimorpha

See also

For a more detailed taxonomy of this group, please see Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)#Clade Neritimorpha (= Neritopsina)

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