Velutinoidea

Velutinoidea

Beachworn shells of Trivia merces (family Triviidae), with sand grains trapped in the aperture
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Families
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Velutinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[1]

Taxonomy

Family Velutinidae Gray, 1840
- Subfamily Velutininae Gray, 1840
- Subfamily Lamellariinae d'Orbigny, 1841
Family Triviidae Troschel, 1863
- Subfamily Eratoinae Gill, 1871
- Subfamily Triviinae Troschel, 1863

This classification follows the study by Ponder & Warén, published in 1988.^[2] However, there were some adaptations for the family Triviidae, based on the study by Schilder, published in 1966.^[3]

References

^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2).
^ Ponder W. F.& Warén A. (1988). "Classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - A list of the family-group names and higher taxa". Malacological review suppl. 4: 288–328.
^ Schilder F. A. (1966). "The higher taxa of cowries and their allies". The Veliger 9 (1): 31–35.