Littorinimorpha
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Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails,[1] gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails (marine species), but also including some freshwater snails (limnic species) and land snails (terrestrial species).[2]
Previously, the Linnaean taxonomy used in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Ponder & Lindberg (1997) ranked like this: subclass Orthogastropoda, superorder Caenogastropoda, order Sorbeoconcha, suborder Hypsogastropoda, infraorder Littorinimorpha.
The order Littorinimorpha contains many gastropod families that were formerly placed in the order Mesogastropoda, as introduced by J. Thiele in his work from 1921.[3] Evidence for this group being monophyletic is scanty. In 2003, E. E. Strong[4] suggested using only Neogastropoda as a clade within the clade Hypsogastropoda, and to include the unresolved superfamilies of the Hypsogastropoda within the Littorinimorpha.[5]
Superfamilies and families
The superfamilies grouped in this clade include a few families that are well-known based on their shells: Template:Columns-list
(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)
- Families brought into synonymy
- Adeorbidae Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)
- Paludestrinidae Newton, 1891 accepted as Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
- Pyrgulidae Brusina, 1882 (1869) accepted as Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865
- Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897 accepted as Tornidae Sacco, 1896 (1884)
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Pterotracheidae spp.
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Thyca ectoconcha (Eulimidae) parasiting a sea star
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Lyncina lynx S2-22 46mm
References
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- ↑ WoRMS
- ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. Template:ISBN. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ↑ Thiele, J., 1929-1935. Handbuch der Systematischen Weichtierkunde. 2 vols. 1154 p., 584 figs
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- ↑ Gofas, S. (2010). Littorinimorpha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382213 on 2010-06-06