Epitonioidea
| Epitonioidea | |
|---|---|
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| Janthina janthina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea Berry, S.S., 1910 |
| Families | |
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Epitonioidea is a superfamily of planktonic and ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1] This superfamily includes the wentletraps and the purple snails.
Taxonomy
Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:
- Family Epitoniidae S.S. Berry, 1910, the wentletraps
- Family Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822, the purple snails
- Family Nystiellidae Clench & Turner, 1952
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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