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Campaniloidea

The Campaniloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The Campaniloidea are unassigned to an order in the clade Caenogastropoda.

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Campaniloidea
Fossil shell of Campanile giganteum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Campaniloidea
Douvillé, 19041
Families2

The Campaniloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The Campaniloidea are unassigned to an order in the clade Caenogastropoda.3

Taxonomy

The following four families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)

Families brought into synonymy
  • Ampullospiridae Cox, 1930 †: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
  • Diozoptyxidae Pchelintsev, 1960 †: synonym of Campanilidae Douvillé, 1904
  • Globulariidae Wenz, 1941: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
  • Gymnocerithiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987 †: synonym of Campanilidae Douvillé, 1904
  • Gyrodidae Wenz, 1938 †: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
  • Pseudamauridae Kowalke & Bandel, 1996 †: synonym of Ampullinidae Cossmann, 1919
References

References

  1. Douvillé J. H. F. (1904). Mission Scientifique en Perse par J. de Morgan 3(4): 311, 379
  2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Campaniloidea Douvillé, 1904". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  3. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).