Phasianelloidea
| Phasianelloidea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea Swainson, 1840 |
Phasianelloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Taxonomy
Superfamily Phasianelloidea was created as new superfamily by Williams et al. (2008).[1]
This superfamily consists of two following families:[1]
- Colloniidae Cossmann, 1917
- Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840
- Family brought into synonymy
- Tricoliidae: synonym of the subfamily Tricoliinae
References
- 1 2 Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x
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