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Cingulopsoidea

The Cingulopsoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

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Cingulopsoidea
Eatonina fulgida shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cingulopsoidea
Fretter & Patil, 19581
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The Cingulopsoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.2

Families

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

Synonyms
  • Coriandriidae F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958
  • Eatoninidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975: synonym of Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958

This taxonomy is based on the study by V. Fretter and A. M. Patil, published in 1958.1

References

References

  1. Fretter V.; Patil A. M. (1958). "A revision of the systematic position of the prosobranch gastropod Cingulopsis (= Cingula) fulgida (J. Adams)". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 33 (3): 114–126.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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