Sorbeoconcha

Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.

The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.

Taxonomy

1997 taxonomy

According to the older taxonomy by Ponder and Lindberg the suborders within the order Sorbeoconcha are:

• Discopoda P. Fischer, 1884
• Murchisoniina Cox & Knight, 1960
• Hypsogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
• Cerithiimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975

2005 taxonomy

In the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),^[1] the clade Sorbeoconcha was declared a taxon of unspecified rank, within the clade Caenogastropoda.

It comprises the superfamily Cerithioidea, the superfamily Campaniloidea, the informal group Ptenoglossa and the clade Neogastropoda.

The following extinct families were not allocated to a superfamily:

• † Acanthonematidae Wenz, 1938
• † Canterburyellidae Bandel, Gründel & Maxwell, 2000
• † Prisciphoridae Bandel, Gründel & Maxwell, 2000

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