Tonnoidea
| Tonnoidea | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri, a species in the Ranellidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea Suter, 1913 |
| Families | |
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The Tonnoidea are a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.[1] This superfamily includes many very large species.
Families
Families within the superfamily Tonnoidea include:
- Tonnidae, the tun shells
- Bursidae, the frog shells
- Laubierinidae
- Personidae
- Pisanianuridae
- Ranellidae, the tritons
- Cassidae, the helmet shells and bonnet shells
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
See also
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